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| Hero name "Argus" | Greek | A beast and son of Arestor with a hundred eyes of which he could only close two at a time. He was placed by Juno to guard Io, whom Jupiter had changed into a heifer. But Mercury, who was sent to carry her off, managed to surprise and kill Argus whereupon Juno transfered his eyes to the tail of a peaçõçk, her favourite bird. In Greek mythology, Argus was the name of the builder of the Argo, the ship that carried the hero Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece. |
| Nymph name "Calybe" | Greek | Two mythical personages, one of whom was a nymph by whom Laomedon became the father of Bucolion, and the other a priestess of of Juno. |
| God name "Consentes Dii" | Etruscan | The twelve Etruscan gods, who formed the council of Jupiter and included Juno, Minerva, Summåñuś, Vulcan, Saturn, and Mars. Etruscan |
| Goddess name "Cupra" | Etruscans | A form of the Great Goddess equated to Juno and one of the Nine Great Gods who had the ability to throw thunderbolts. Etruscans |
"Curitis" | Sabine | A surname of Juno, which is usually derived from the Sabine word curis, a lance or spear. |
| Goddess name "Fluonia" | Roman | A surname of the goddess Juno. Roman |
| Spirit name "Genius" | Roman | God of men. The personification of creativity and strength in mortal males, the counterpart of JUNO. Roman religion also dictated that every place had its guardian spirit, the genius loci.... |
"Hundred-eyed" | Greek | Argus, in Greek and Latin fable. Juno appointed him guardian of Io [the cow], but Jupiter caused him to be put to death, whereupon Juno transplanted his eyes into the tail of her peaçõçk. |
| Goddess name "Juga Or Jugalis" | Greek | That is, the goddess of marriage, occurs as a surname of Juno, in the same sense as the Greek Zygia. |
| Goddess name "Juno" | Roman | A Roman goddess of marriage and the long-suffering wife of Jupiter. Like her Greek equivalent, Hera, she was the protector of women, in particular married women. A festival took place in her honour on the calends (first) of March. Roman |
| Goddess name "Juno Caelestis" | Carthage | The tutelary goddess of Roman Carthage |
| Goddess name "Juno Lucina" | Roman | The goddess of childbirth. Roman |
| God name "Juno, Minerva, Tinia , Vulcan, Mars, Saturn, Hercules, Summauus, Vedius" | Etruscan | Nine Gods Of the Etruscans: Juno, Minerva, and Tinia (the three chief); the other six were Vulcan, Mars, and Saturn, Hercules, Summauus, and Vedius. |
"Ladon" | Greek | The dragon who was believed to guard the apples of the Hesperides. He is said to have been able to åśśume various tones of voice, and to have been the offspring of Typhon and Echidna but he is also called a son of Ge, or of Phorcys and Ceto. He had been appointed to watch in the gardens of the Hesperides by Juno, and never slept; but he was slain by Heracles and the image of the fight was placed by Zeus among the stars. Greek |
"Lucerius aka Luceria" | Greek | Lucetius and Lucetia, that is, the giver of light, occur as surnames of Jupiter and Juno. |
| Goddess name "Lucina" | Roman | The goddess of light, or rather the goddess that brings to light, and hence the goddess that presides over the birth of children; it was therefore used as a surname of Juno and Diana. Roman |
| Goddess name "Minerva" | Greek | The name Minerva is connected with the root man as or mens. She first appeared in Etruria under the names of Minrva, Menrfa, Menervra. Menarv, and was perhaps a goddess of the thunderbolt. It seems that this Etruscan Minerva very early merged with the Greek Athene. Minerva is hence the least ltalic of the divinities with whom she formed the triad Jupiter-Juno-Minerva. Greek |
"Moneta" | Roman | A surname of Juno among the Romans, by which she was characterised as the protectress of money. Roman |
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