Great Mythologies of the World

Great Mythologies of the World

Complex Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera (1x2)


: 21, 2015

Meet three iconic goddesses whose personalities and stories reflect how the ancient Greeks viewed women. They are: Athena, who emerged fully-formed from Zeus's head and is linked to legal courts; Aphrodite, best known for her wild love affair with Adonis; and Hera, Zeus's wife-sister, who presides over marriage and childbirth.

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