Hebe

Goddess of youth and cupbearer to the Olympians, daughter of Zeus and Hera. After his apotheosis she became the wife of the deified Heracles, by whom she bore Alexiares and Anicetus.

Parentage

• father: ZeusHesiod, Theogony 921–923 (primary)
• mother: HeraHesiod, Theogony 921–923 (primary)

Children

• Alexiares
• Anicetus

Domains

• youth
• olympian cupbearer

Powers

• Bestow and restore youthful prime

Epithets

• Δία greek · Día / Ganymeda'Dia' — the name under which Hebe was worshipped at Phlius and Sicyon, where her sanctuary was an asylum and prisoners' chains were hung upPausanias 2.13.3-4 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: Eileithyia
• sibling: AresFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: ApolloFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: AeacusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: AthenaFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: DionysusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: ArtemisFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: HermesFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• spouse: HeraclesMarries the apotheosed Heracles on Olympus. Reciprocal of greek_apollod_heracles.spouse.Hes. Theog. 950-955 (primary)
• father: ZeusHesiod, Theogony 921–923 (primary)
• mother: HeraHesiod, Theogony 921–923 (primary)
• counterpart of: JuventasLatin mythographic counterpart of the Greek record; identities and accounts remain distinct.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface; Hesiod, Theogony 453–458, 912–939 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hes. Theog. 921-922, 950-955 (primary)