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Hebe with Jupiter in the Guise of an Eagle

1820–1826

Gustav-Adolphe Diez (1801–1844)

Oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum

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Hebe Followers

This list features worshipers, followers, and devotees of Hebe. If you would like to be added to the list please feel free to comment on this post or send me an ask. If you don’t see one of your Hellenic deities featured on the masterpost send me an ask and I’ll be sure to make one for them!

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Me: isn’t it cute when a pet named after a deity behaves like their namesake!

Hebe: *knocks a whole glass of water into my lap*

Me: NOT LIKE THAT

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Hebe with Zeus in the Form of an Eagle

1900

Eduard Büchler (1861–1958)

Oil on canvas

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Hebe

1816

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844)

Marble

Thorvaldsens Museum

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Hebe Sleeping

1869

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824–1887)

Marble

Musée d’Orsay

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In Greek mythology, Hebe, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, was the goddess of youth and cupbearer of the gods, whose role was to serve their drinks. She was a very popular female figure with 19th century sculptors — some of the more well known include Canova, Thorvaldsen, Rude and Aizelin — who were captivated by this heroine.

Carrier-Belleuse himself, on several occasions, chose this subject which attracted statue makers not only for the theme of drinking and feasting, but for the contrast it offered between the slender body of the young goddess and the powerful image of the eagle symbolising Zeus.

With this monumental version in marble that he sent to the 1869 Salon, the huge, powerful eagle envelopes the sleeping goddess in his wings and protects her as she rests.

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Hebe

1806

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844)

Plaster

Thorvaldsens Museum

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Hercules and Hebe

1829–1840

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844)

Possibly executed by Johann Scholl after Thorvaldsen’s relief

Marble

Thorvaldsens Museum

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