According to Greek mythology, Hera—queen of the Greek gods and the wife of Zeus—was born in Samos, an island in the eastern Aegean Sea, just off the coast of modern-day Turkey.The strange story of her birth is recounted most famously in Hesiod’s Theogony. As for her legendary birthplace, Samos was one of the two greatest sites in the ancient Greek world for Hera worship (the … [Read more...] about Greek Goddess Hera: Where was Hera born?