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Heraion of Samos: On the Greek island
of Samos, there are the ruins of what is called a Heraion. A Heraion
is a temple for the Greek goddess named Hera.
Hera was the wife as well as the sister of Zeus. Their parents were
Rhea and Kronos. She was said to be even more beautiful than the goddess of love, Aphrodite. She seemed to spend most of her
time trying to prevent Zeus from having affairs with mortals and other maidens. She also liked to torture the children that
he had from those affairs like Hercules. She was deeply into defending marriage and monogamy, even though she married a god
who definitely
could be called the Casanova of gods. Samos is where Hera and Zeus had a honeymoon.
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