Juno (mythology)

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Juno, in Roman mythology, is the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the gods. She was later identified as the equivalent of Hera, the wife of Zeus in Greek mythology.[1] She was the goddess of marriage and childbirth. With Jupiter and Minerva, she was part of the Capitoline triad of gods. [2]

[change] References

  1. Harvey, Sir Paul (1937). The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Oxford University Press.
  2. "Juno". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/308353/Juno. 
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