2. In Book 1 of Homer’s Iliad, Hera is kind of depicted as a jealous wife because she gets angry at Zeus for siding with the Trojans in the Trojan War, while she wanted to Greeks to come to victory. He was reluctant at first, but then did it anyway and Hera became extremely furious at him because of this decision. However, her son convinced her not to do anything rash and make the gods go against each other over some mortals. In Book 10 of the Iliad, Homer describes Hera as this deceptive woman who will basically do anything and try to convince anyone to get her way. I mean, she basically convinced a bunch of people to do these things in her to bring Zeus down and make him weak for a little while in order for her to be able to help the Greeks win the war. So in both books, Homer depicted Hera to be this almost controlling wife who will do whatever it takes to get her way, and if she doesn’t, she will be extremely unsatisfied, which isn’t good for anyone.
3. Homer characterizes Hera as a control freak who will do anything to get her way. She basically convinced everyone she needed to in order for them to do something for her that went against the king of all gods. Ovid more or less characterizes her in the same way. I think they portray her this way because since she is married to the most powerful god, they expect her to be almost just as powerful as him and can command anyone to do what she wants. I think ancient women probably perceived them in a different way than these ancient men. This is because men and women have very different styles of thinking, so women probably thought of these goddesses more from the motherhood and fertility standpoint rather than a more powerful one.
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