Hera&Juno
Marriage, Queenship, & Women
Hera
The Queen of Heaven
Peacock, cow, diadem, pomegranate
An Argive goddess of marriage absorbed into Olympus as the wife and sister of Zeus.
Proud and vindictive — her rage falls hardest on Zeus' lovers and their children.
The Heraia games, heifers, and peacock offerings.
Marriage as a sacred bond that the gods themselves routinely violate.
Juno
Juno Regina, Iuno Moneta
Peacock, geese of the Capitoline, the sacred veil
An Italic goddess of women and war-warning, patron of the Capitoline Triad.
A majestic guardian of the state, of marriage, and of Roman matrons.
The Matronalia, the Kalends of March, and geese kept in her honour.
Queenship as a public office, not merely a domestic one.
Syncretism Analysis
Hera is a jealous wife whose myths orbit her husband's affairs; Juno is a civic queen guarding the mint, the army's warnings, and the matrons of Rome. Rome gave the wronged wife a state portfolio.