Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory

Let's state some facts here, omitted from the book:
- Hera refused to be with Zeus, so he raped her and forced her to marry him.
- Zeus' first wife didn't just disappeared, he ate her.
- Hera did choose to live a life of revenge, killing, poisoning and cursing Zeus' mistress and offsprings.
- Hera threw a curse on Hercules that made him go insane and kill his wife and children.
- To ‘repent' from killing his family, Hera forced Heracles to achieve the 12 works.
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I opened this graphic novel to learn more about the greek mythology. I would have given it 4 stars, but after talking about it with P, I realised that the book was full of omissions and lies, which completely plummeted its rating. I understand that the author wanted to make the myth “accessible”, but distorting that much the truth is serving no one. No need either to make Hera or Heracles “look good” by removing key points of their stories. They are nor absolutely good, nor absolutely bad. They are very complex and often crazy gods and humans. And that's it.

A nice, well illustrated, quick read telling some of the stories that involved Hera from Ancient Greece, mainly focusing on her role in Heracles story.