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Movies: Hera was Disney's classical movie Hercules. Zeus' wife and Hercules' mother the goddess of women and marriage. In real greek mythology Hera was not Hercule's mother, but actually Alcmene a human woman who Zeus had an affair with. In much of the Greek legend Hera is portrayed as the main antagonist of Hercules due to jealousy of Zeus's affair. However, Disney deemed it not family friendly and gave the role of the villain to Hades. [] Another movie Hera was in is Xena: Warrior Princess. Hera was the Queen of the Olympian Gods and the sister/wife of Zeus. Hera is Hercules' jealous stepmother. During her fight with Hercules, Hera was tossed into Tartarus by Hercules. Zeus later used Evander to free Hera who had no memory of her past actions until Ares obtained help from the Fates to restore her memories. After helping to keep Evander alive, Hera drops her vendetta against Hercules. She later reforms to help her former-enemy Hercules kill Zeus when it came to a prophecy revolving around Xena giving birth to Eve. She was killed by Zeus when he finds out that she betrayed him. []

Books: [|Hera: The Goddess and her Glory (Olympians)] by [|George O'Connor]

[|Greek Gods and Heroes (Laurel-leaf books)] by Robert Graves (Oct 15, 1965) Cartoons:  Mythic Warriors. [] 