Hebe
Goddess
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hebe (; Ancient Greek: Ἥβη, lit. 'youth') is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. She was the cup-bearer for the gods of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Now the gods, seated by the side of Zeus, were holding assembly on the golden floor, and in their midst the queenly Hebe poured them nectar, and they with golden goblets pledged one the other as they looked forth upon the city of the Trojans.”
“Then Hera, the queenly goddess, daughter of great Cronos, went to and fro harnessing the horses of golden frontlets. and Hebe quickly put to the car on either side the curved wheels of bronze, eight-spoked, about the iron axle-tree. Of these the felloe verily is of gold imperishable,”
“And Hebe bathed him, and clad him in beautiful raiment, and he sate him down by the side of Zeus, son of Cronos, exulting in his glory. Then back to the palace of great Zeus fared Argive Hera and Alalcomenean Athene, when they had made Ares, the bane of mortals, to cease from his man-slaying.”
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Peter Paul Rubens. Ganymede receives the bowl from Hebe. Palais Schwarzenberg. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111188757
Gavin Hamilton. Hebe Giving Drink to the Eagle of Jupiter. Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113048718
Jan van Bijlert. The Feast of the Gods. Musée Magnin. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127971966
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Jean-Marc Nattier. The Duchess of Chaulnes Represented as Hebe. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29842411
William Beechey. Hebe feeding Jupiter's eagle. Fitzwilliam Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50821164
Jacob Jordaens. Hebe. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66107826
Carolus-Duran. Lille carolus duran. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72274054
Jean-Marc Nattier. Jean-Marc Nattier - Portrait présumé de Mme de Mailly (1710-1751), en Hébé - P486 - Musée Carnavalet. Musée Carnavalet. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104373764
Nicolaes Maes. Double portrait of two children as Hebe and Ganymede. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24519074
François-Hubert Drouais. «Госпожа дофина, Мария-Антуанетта, в образе Гебы» (1755–1793). Condé Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34775959
William Beechey. Frances Wyndham, later Lady Burrell (1789–1848), as Hebe. National Trust. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52252962
Henri Leopold Levy. Hebe and the eagle of Jupiter. Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60643601
Pierre-François Berruer. Pierre-François Berruer - Hébé 01. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131406291
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Hebe asleep. Musée d'Orsay. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19337416
Simeon Skillin, Jr.. Hebe. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20171180
Antonio Canova. Геба. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. CC BY-SA 2.5. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3717843
François Rude. Hébé et l'aigle de Jupiter - François Rude - Musée du Louvre Sculptures RF 2036 B. Department of Sculptures of the Louvre. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121641613
anonymous. Abduction of Ganymede. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111905369
Franz Machtl. Hebe. CC BY 2.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19337773
Robert Thomas. Hebe. CC BY 2.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19338101
Bertel Thorvaldsen. Hebe by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Thorvaldsen Museum. CC0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21584724
Ribbon Painter. Hydria Ricci. Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43893457
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- Wikipedia · Hebe (mythology) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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