Juno

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.6 Juno's own bird

  The peacock, sacred to Juno, queen of the gods; it spreads its feathers in the birds' Elysium.

• The Art of Love §1.18 Juno

  Queen of the gods, who with Pallas lost the beauty-contest judged by Paris and still resents it.

• The Heroides §2 Juno

  Queen of the gods and patroness of marriage, who 'presides over the marriage-bed.'

• The Heroides §4 Juno

  Queen of the gods, sister and wife of Jupiter; Phaedra would set Hippolytus above even him.

• The Heroides §5 Juno

  Queen of the gods, a contender in the Judgment of Paris.

• The Heroides §6 Juno

  Queen of the gods and patroness of marriage; she did not attend Jason's union with Medea as she had Hypsipyle's.

• The Heroides §9 Juno

  Queen of the gods, Hercules' implacable enemy and persecutor; 'the Thunderer's sister' and his stepmother.

• The Heroides §9 the Thunderer's sister

  Juno, sister and wife of thundering Jupiter, glad at any stain on Hercules.

• The Heroides §12 Juno

  Goddess of marriage, called to witness Jason's pledge.

• The Heroides §14 the wife of Jove

  Juno, patroness of Argos, who is said to have withdrawn from her own city at the abomination.

• The Heroides §14 Juno's anger

  Juno's lasting wrath, which Hypermestra recalls in the tale of Io, turned to a heifer and back to a goddess.

• The Heroides §14 his sister

  Juno, sister and wife of Jupiter, jealous of Io.

• The Heroides §16 Juno

  Queen of the gods, who offered Paris kingdoms; the wife and sister of Jove.

• The Heroides §17 Juno's

  The kingdoms offered by Juno in the Judgment, likewise spurned.

• Letters from the Black Sea §1.4 royal Juno

  Juno, who together with Pallas Athena protected Jason on his voyage; no such divine guardians, Ovid says, shielded him.

• The Festivals §proem Juno's care

  Juno, to whom the Kalends (first day) of every month belonged.

• The Festivals §1 jealous Saturnia

  Saturnia, here Juno (daughter of Saturn), who had unbarred the gate for the Sabines.

• The Festivals §2.1 Sospita

  Juno 'the Savior' (Sospita), an armed protectress whose temple was renewed under Augustus.

• The Festivals §4.20 Juno

  Queen of the gods; the sign of the Bull is said to hold its place against her will.

• The Festivals §5.2 Juno

  Queen of the gods, sister and wife of Jupiter.

• The Festivals §6.1 Juno Moneta

  Juno 'the Warner,' whose temple stood on the Arx (the height of the Capitol).

• The Festivals §6.30 stepmother

  Juno, Hercules's hostile stepmother, who in the end gave him her daughter Juventas — and the Muses their patron.

• Cosmetics for the Female Face §4 Juno

  Queen of the gods; the peacock ("Juno's bird") was sacred to her, and its display of praised feathers is Ovid's emblem of natural self-delighting beauty.

• Metamorphoses §1.6 Juno

  Queen of the gods, wife and sister of Jupiter; here Iris serves as her messenger.

• Metamorphoses §2.24 Saturnia

  Juno, daughter of Saturn; Ovid addresses her, foreseeing her jealousy.

• Metamorphoses §3.48 the wife of Jove

  Juno, queen of the gods, sister and wife of Jupiter; her jealousy of his mortal loves drives the destruction of Semele.

• Metamorphoses §8.200 Juno

  Juno, queen of the gods, to whom Samos was sacred.

• Metamorphoses §10.294 Juno

  Juno, Jove's consort, displeased that Ganymede serves the nectar.

• Metamorphoses §12.377 lofty Juno

  Queen of the gods; Ixion's mad desire for her engendered the Centaurs.

• Metamorphoses §13.412 Jove's own wife and sister

  Juno, wife and sister of Jupiter; even she pitied Hecuba.

• Metamorphoses §15.478 temple of Juno

  Queen of the gods; her temple at Argos held the shield Pythagoras claims as his own.

• Metamorphoses §15.490 Juno's bird

  The peacock, sacred to Juno, 'that carries stars upon its tail.'

• Metamorphoses §15.512 with Juno

  Juno, the implacable enemy of the Trojans behind Aeneas's wars.

• Sorrows §1.2 Saturnia

  Juno, daughter of Saturn, who hated Aeneas and backed his rival Turnus.