The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus,Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology, Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 mother of Hephaestus, Ares, and Hebe
in Greek mythology, the goddess of women and marriage. She was the wife of Zeus. In Roman mythology her name is Juno. Greek queen of the gods and sister-wife of Zeus. Her Roman counterpart was Juno. She was worshiped as queen of heaven and patron of marriage and women. She also held the title Eileithyia, the goddess of birth. She was the patron deity of Samos and Argos, which held celebrations and processions in her honor. Her sacred animal was the cow. In literature she was depicted as a jealous wife who vindictively pursued the women Zeus seduced