CMLT316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cupid, Dey, Astarte
28 Feb 2017
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Hera gave birth to him on her own. In response to zeus of producing athena by himself. Some stories have his legs broken by a fall that lasted a day after zeus throws him off olympus because he took hera"s side in a quarrel between zeus and hera. Another story is that he is born lame and hera is frustrated and throws him off olympus where he lands in the water and saved by a nymph and her mother (were going with second story) He vows to retaliate, creates a golden throne for hera and once she sits down on it gold chains ensnare hera and she is stuck. Ares first sent to hephaestus to try and bring him back up. Dionysus who gets hephaestus drunk then brings him up to olympus and then hephaestus agrees to let hera free. Many times on large bowls used for mixing wine and water for drinking parties,
