Hera suckling the baby Heracles at her breast, surrounded by Aphrodite and Eros (not visible here), Athena (on the left), Iris (on the right) and a woman, perhaps Alkmene (not visible here). Detail from an Apulian red-figure squat lekythos, ca. 360-350 BC. From Anzi. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons

The Hero’s Crucible

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In the myths of Heracles, Hera is portrayed as the villain, out to get him, or at least make him suffer. I see her more as the crucible that made him a hero.

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