In Greek mythology what was Hebe the goddess of
Hebe (mythology) in Montgomery, Alabama, and one with bronze patination was formerly the Starkweather Fountain in Ypsilanti, Michigan, installed in 1889. There is a bronze statue of Hebe, by Robert Thomas; (1966), in Birmingham city centre, England. Hebe (mythology) Hebe (; ) in ancient Greek religion, is the goddess of youth or the prime of life (Roman equivalent: Juventas). 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 married Heracles (Roman equivalent: Hercules); her successor was the divine hero Ganymede. Another title of hers
Hebe (mythology) to the virginal goddess Hebe to contrast with the poet’s secret affair with a married woman. Hebe had two children with Heracles: Alexiares and Anicetus. Although nothing is known about these deities beyond their names, there is a fragment by Callimachus that makes a reference to Eileithyia, Hebe's sister and the goddess of childbirth, attending to her while in labour. In Euripides' play "Heracleidae" and in Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hebe grants Iolaus' wish to become young again in order to fight Eurystheus. Hebe was particularly associated with the worship of her mother Hera in Argos and in the Heraion of Argos,