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By Alice Choi
and Samia Ikram
-Hebe is the goddess of youth
-Since she is the representation of youth, she acts much
like a youthful person, playing with Aphrodite, the Muses
and etc.
-In Roman mythology, she is known as Juventas and her
other names are Ganymeda and Dia.
-She has the ability to make people
young again.
Hera
Heracles
Anicetus
Hebe
Alexiares
Hephaestus
Zeus
Ares
Eileithyia
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Cupbearer for the gods- served them nectar
Had task of bathing and dressing her brother, Ares
Prepared Hera’s chariot by harnessing horses to it
Herald for Aphrodite (messenger)
After Heracles died, Eurytheus wanted to kill off all of his sons. Iolaus wanted to
protect Heracle’s sons, however he was too old to do this. So he prayed to
the gods to give him the power and strength necessary to defeat his enemy.
And Hebe granted him youth for a day to defeat Eurytheus. Some accounts
of this story say that Iolaus killed him while others say that someone else
killed him. In Euripedes’ tragedy, Iolaus took his enemy to his grandmother.
Nonetheless, Eurytheus was defeated.
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One story says she resigned from being cupbearer after marrying Heracles.
However the other story says that due to falling while serving the gods
nectar, she ended up being dismissed and replaced with Ganymede, a
Trojan boy who Zeus caught (in the form of an eagle) and brought to Mount
Ida.
Marriage between Heracles and Hebes
Ganymede and Zeus
Found in Hermitage, St. Peterburg
Sculpted by Antonio Canova in 1800-1805
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She is especially worshipped in Phlious and Sicyon
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