Fragments of Homeric Hymns I read often as a Queen Hera devotee:
"The Queen Hera was instantly furious, and she said to the immortal gods who were gathered together: "Hear me, all you Goddesses and Gods, how Zeus (...) already begins to dishonour me after he had made me his true-hearted wife. (...) How dare you give birth to bright-eyed Athena all on your own Wouldn't I have given you a child - I, who was at least called your wife among the deathless gods who hold wide heaven? (...) So I will not come to your bed, I'll go and stay with the immortal gods, far away from you."
"And from that time on, for a whole year, she never came to the best of cunning Zeus, she did not even sit on her richly carved chair, as she had done before, offering him good counsel. Instead, she stayed in her temples where many people come to pray, and she delighted in their offerings, the lady Hera with her cow-eyes."
"The truth is, she (Aphrodite) beguiled his discreet heart whenever she pleased, uniting him easily with mortal women and making him utterly forget Hera, his sister and wife, the most beautiful among the deathless Goddesses. She is the most glorious of goddesses whom crafty Kronos and mother Rhea bore, and Zeus, (...) made her his respected wife in all her wisdom."
Hymn to Hera Hera, I sing on her golden throne. Her mother was Rhea. She is queen of the immortal gods, she is pre-eminent in beauty, (...) She is the glorious one. All the blessed gods on vast Olympos are in awe of her.
