She sides with Achaeans over Paris and Helen in The Iliad, and occasionally uses the girdle of Aphrodite to weaken the resolve of her husband.
This figure's cult was particularly strong at Samos, and at Argos this figure's namesake festival involved athletic contests. She cursed a nymph named Echo after she learned the nymph was sent to distract (*) her. She sides with Achaeans over Paris and Helen in The Iliad, and occasionally uses the girdle of Aphrodite to weaken the resolve of her husband. She sent two serpents to attempt to kill the infant Heracles, and was also responsible for forcing him to perform his twelve labors. FTP, name this wife of Zeus and queen of the gods.
This figure's cult was particularly strong at Samos, and at Argos this figure's namesake festival involved athletic contests.
{Hera}