Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hera

The Greek Juno, the wife of Zeus. (The word means “chosen one,” harreo.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Heraclei'dæ
Heptarchy
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