English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Hebe (mythology)
Hebe
(; ) in
ancient Greek religion
, is the
goddess
of youth (
Roman
equivalent:
Juventus
). She is the daughter of
Zeus
and
Hera
. Hebe was the
cupbearer
for the gods and goddesses of
Mount Olympus
, serving their
nectar
and
ambrosia
, until she was married to
Heracles
(
Roman
equivalent:
Hercules
); her successor was Zeus' lover
Ganymede
. Another title of hers, for this reason, is
Ganymeda
. She also drew baths for
Ares
and helped
Hera
enter her chariot.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License