As the ruler of the Olympian gods, Zeus would often treat the pantheon badly. This made the deities hoard a certain level of resentment towards him. The defiant Hera exploited this rift and convinced the other gods to join her in a rebellion. They willfully agreed and become party to her conspiracy. Among the connivers were Apollo, Demeter, Athena and Poseidon. After she drugged Zeus, the others helped her tie him to a couch. They, however, failed to agree on what to do next and this culminated to a quibble which was overheard by Briareus. He was one of the Hecatoncheires who was greatly indebted to Zeus when he had saved him and his brothers from the attack of a dragon. As they continued to argue, Briareus snuck into the room and untied the knots that had bound Zeus to the couch. The gods fell to their knees desperately pleading for mercy as Zeus leaped from the couch and held his thunderbolt. He seized Hera by the neck and hung her with chains of gold from the sky. She moaned all night as she withered in pain, but not one of her fellow conspirators came to her rescue for fear of Zeus’s vengeance. Her weeping robbed Zeus of any sleep, so the next morning he set her free after making her promise to never revolt again. Standing by her words, Hera never rebelled again, but she did not stop with her vengeful conspiracy against Zeus.
Hera and Her Double Roles in Expansion of Domination of Zeus
