Word: hera
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Greeks. Consider, for instance, the supersititious terror about the mutilation of the Hermes, the Eleusinian mysteries, etc. The "Milesian Spirit" in the Iliad is illustrated by the numerous battles between the gods favorable to the Greeks and those favorable to the Trojans, and by the marriage between Zeus and Hera, often called the trickery of Zeus...
...character of their subjects solely by consummate skill in choosing the pose. In the gentle lines of the pose of the Venus of Milo, for instance, one reads the gentle and amorous nature of the Goddess of love, while in the more severe lines of the status of Hera in Rome Juno's sterner and more unyielding character is translated...