Did Hera cheat Zeus?

Unfortunately, Zeus constantly cheats on Hera and he has done it over a hundred times, but in the end Hera always forgives him. But that does not make her angry and mad. This anger then goes to his sons and daughters as she takes her anger out on the children he has with the other mortals and deities.
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Does Hera ever cheat on Zeus?

Zeus set a decree that the gods were not allowed to interfere in the mortal war. Hera is on the side of the Achaeans, so she plans a Deception of Zeus where she seduces him, with help from Aphrodite, and tricks him into a deep sleep, with the help of Hypnos, so that the Gods could interfere without the fear of Zeus.
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Did Hera deceive Zeus?

In this episode, Hera makes an excuse to leave her divine husband Zeus; in her deception speech she declares that she wishes to go to Oceanus, "origin of the gods", and Tethys the "mother". Instead Hera beautifies herself in preparation for seducing Zeus and obtains the help of Aphrodite.
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Did Hera sleep with Zeus?

Zeus' final wife was his sister, Hera. Knowing her sympathy for animals, he transformed himself into a distressed little cuckoo, which Hera took in her arms to warm it. At that moment, Zeus turned back into himself and slept with her. Ashamed, Hera agreed to marry him.
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What did Hera do to Zeus?

She wanted Zeus all to herself, but Zeus cheated on her constantly with other goddesses and with mortal women. Hera often took out her revenge on the women who Zeus loved and the children they had with Zeus. One example of Hera's revenge is the story of the hero Heracles who was Zeus's son by the mortal woman Alcmene.
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Who is Zeus true love?

Zeus fell in love with Io and seduced her. To try to keep Hera from noticing he covered the world with a thick blanket of clouds. This backfired, arousing Hera's suspicions. She came down from Mount Olympus and begain dispersing the clouds.
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How many times did Zeus cheat on his wife?

Since the PJO series, many hate Hera. Zeus has cheated on Hera over a hundred times.
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Did Hades sleep with Hera?

They fight constantly over each other's decisions, and Hera resents Zeus due to his affairs and womanizing behavior. Sometime during her marriage, Hera would start an on and off affair with Hades that would end around the "80s." It is unknown if Zeus was ever aware of the affair.
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Who did Zeus cheat on Hera with?

Zeus took another lover, the mortal Semele, after he saw her sacrifice a bull in his honor. Zeus visited Semele often and she became pregnant. Hera discovered Zeus's infidelity, worked to befriend Semele, and tricked her into asking Zeus to show himself in all his glory, knowing that mortals cannot look upon the gods.
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Did Hera actually love Zeus?

At that moment, Zeus transformed back into his true form, and Hera couldn't help it. She fell in love with him. This time, when he asked her to be his wife, she obliged. That marked the beginning of a vicious cycle of lust, infidelity, jealousy, and vengeance that would be the cornerstone of their relationship.
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Did Zeus and Hera divorce?

Hera is the goddess of family. By divorcing Zeus she would be breaking her own family further apart, therefore creating rifts between her children and the other gods and demigods. By refusing to divorce zeus, she is setting an example: she is the queen of the gods, and he the King.
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When did Hera trick Zeus?

His mother was the Theban princess, Semele. Zeus visited her one night in the darkness, and she knew a divine being was present and she slept with him. When it turned out that Semele was pregnant she boasted that Zeus was the father. Hera learned of this and came to Semele disguised as her nurse.
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Why is Hera called the Golden traitor?

Hera's nickname, the “Golden Traitor”, came from her actions during the Titanomachy. It's a cruel insult meant to shame her for seducing Kronos in order to gain his trust and poison him. Not everyone agreed with this plan and we can recall Hera's nightmare with Hades trying to tell her not to do it.
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Did Hera have any lovers?

Hera and Semele

For example, she tricked Semele into forcing her lover – which she knew was Zeus – to reveal himself before her in all his glory.
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Why did Zeus cheat on Hera in blood of Zeus?

Zeus, as he usually is well-known to do, cheats on his wife Hera after he falls in love with the queen of Corinth who is ill-treated by her husband.
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Did Hades ever cheat on Persephone?

Hades did not make any of his extramarital affairs a secret. Typically, his affairs would not bother Persephone, but when Minthe arrogantly bragged that she was more beautiful than Persephone and that she would win Hades back, Persephone took revenge. Persephone turned Minthe into what we know today as the mint plant.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Who was Zeus favorite child?

Athena is also the favorite child of Zeus, being allowed to carry his Aegis, or armor, into battle.
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How did Zeus seduce her?

One day, Zeus turned himself into a swan and came to Leda for protection against an eagle. He then seduced her (in some poems and artworks, it's depicted as rape). She became pregnant and laid two eggs (because why not?).
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Did Zeus and Aphrodite sleep together?

Aphrodite later and of her own volition had an affair with Zeus, but his jealous wife Hera laid her hands upon the belly of the goddess and cursed their offspring with malformity. Their child was the ugly god Priapos.
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Did Hera seduce Kronos?

During the war, Zeus and his girlfriend Hera, the most desirable woman at the time, formulated a plan to defeat Kronos. This involved Hera seducing Kronos and poisoning him over time.
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How did Zeus trick Hera into marrying him?

So he appeared to her in the guise of a bedraggled, rain-soaked cuckoo. Hera saw the poor bird and kindly brought him into the shelter of her bosom to warm and dry him. Zeus immediately returned to his true form and—true to form, indeed—ravished her. He thus shamed Hera into marrying him.
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Who did Zeus seduce?

According to many versions of the story, Zeus took the form of a swan and raped Leda on the same night she slept with her husband King Tyndareus.
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Why did Zeus punished the couple?

They were so happy in their marriage that they used to often playfully call one another Zeus and Hera. This infuriated the chief of the gods who regarded it an audacity. Zeus waited for the proper time to punish the arrogant couple who dared to make themselves comparable to gods.
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Why did Zeus split humans in half?

As Plato puts it: “According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”
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