Kleobis

By Gregory Nagy

Where it all comes together for me: a sacred space of the goddess Hērā

2016.03.16 | By Gregory Nagy Here was the setting for the ordeal endured by Kleobis and Biton as substitutes for the sacrificial oxen that were meant to pull the ceremonial cart carrying the priestess of the goddess Hērā across the length of the plain in a sacred procession that started at the city of Argos and reached its climax at the heights of the sacred space of the goddess, known… Read more

By Gregory Nagy, H24H

On the festival of the goddess Hērā at the Hēraion overlooking the Plain of Argos

2015.03.20 | By Gregory Nagy I argue that the Herodotean narrative about the priestess of Hērā and her two boys shows that the myth of Hērā, together with the rituals connected with the myth as localized at the Hēraion, preserves in many ways the world view of the Mycenaean era even after the eventual appropriation of this sanctuary by Argos. Read more