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//- meta
	slug: "hymns/hera"
	lang: en
	title: "Orphic Hymn to Hera"
	pageCreated: "2026-04-19"

extends ../../../views/hymns/hymnsheet.pug

block navbar
	ul
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-left: a(href="/hymns/zeus") #[span.dingbat ☙] #[b(lang="grc") Διός] #[i To Zeus]
		li.nav-current ΙϜʹ · XVI
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-right: a(href="/hymns/poseidon") #[i To Poseidon] #[b(lang="grc") Ποσειδωνος] #[span.dingbat ❧]

block ancient-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/hera-ancient.jpg" alt="Ancient fresco of Hera")

block modern-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/hera-modern.jpg" alt="Modern painting of Hera")

block greek
	h1 Ἥρας
	div.offering Θυμίαμα ἀρώματα
	p.hymn-greek
		:format-hymn
			Κυανέοις κόλποισιν ἐνημένη, ἠερόμορφε,
			Ἥρη παμβασίλεια, Διὸς σύλλεκτρε μάκαιρα,
			ψυχοτρόφους αὔρας θνητοῖς παρέχουσα προσηνεῖς,
			ὄμβρων μὲν μήτηρ, ἀνέμων τροφέ, παντογένεθλε·
			χωρὶς γὰρ σέθεν οὐδὲν ὅλως ζωῆς φύσιν ἔγνω·
			κοινωνεῖς γὰρ ἅπασι κεκραμένη ἠέρι σεμνῷ·
			πάντων γὰρ κρατέεις μούνη πάντεσσί τ’ ἀνάσσεις
			ἠερίοις ῥοίζοισι τινασσομένη κατὰ χεῦμα.
			ἀλλά, μάκαιρα Θεά, πολυώνυμε, παμβασίλεια,
			ἔλθοις εὐμενέουσα καλῷ γήθοντι προσώπῳ.

block english
	h1 To Hera#[+sn(1)]
	div.offering The fumigation from aromatics
	p.hymn-english O royal #[span.theonym(greek="Hera") Juno] of majestic mien,#[br]aerial-form’d, divine, #[span.theonym(greek="Zeus’") Jove’s] blessed queen,#[br]thron’d in the bosom of cærulean air,#[br]the race of mortals is Thy constant care.#[br]The cooling gales Thy pow’r alone inspires,#[br]which nourish life, which ev’ry life desires.#[br]Mother of clouds and winds, from Thee alone#[br]producing all things, mortal life is known:#[br]all natures share Thy temp’rament divine,#[br]and universal sway alone is Thine.#[br]With founding blasts of wind, the swelling sea#[br]and rolling rivers roar, when shook by Thee.#[br]Come, blessed Goddess, fam’d almighty queen,#[br]with aspect kind, rejoicing and serene.
	+sn(1)
		p #[span.theonym(greek="Hera") Juno] is called by the Orphic theologers, according to Proclus #[i(lang="grc") ζῳο­γόνος Θεά] or the vivific Goddess: an epithet perfectly agreeing with the attributes ascribed to Her in this Hymn. And in #[abbr.cite(title="Theology of Plato, page 483") Theol. Plat. p. 483], he says that #[span.theonym(greek="Hera") Juno]  is the source of the soul's procreation.