Hera
Journal: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics
Year: 2015

This major figure in the pantheon, daughter of Cronus and wife of Zeus, is already attested to by name on two Mycenaean tablets, one from Thebes (1) (TH Of 28) and the other from Pylos (PY Tn 316), where she appears together with Zeus.In continental Greece, the Peloponnesus is the region where the cult of Hera was most prevalent.According to Homer (Il.4.51-52), Hera's favourite cities were Argos (1), Sparta, and Mycenae; several cults are actually reported in Sparta, but her most famous sanctuar