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Hebes is the goddess of youth,
and the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She poured the nectar
of the gods on the Olympus until Ganymede replaced her.
Hebe also prepared Ares' bath, and helped Hera to her
chariot. After Heracles became a god, he married her. The
Romans called her Juventas ("youth").
She was portrayed as a young woman, wearing a sleeveless
dress. On various vases she is shown as cup bearer of the
gods, or as bride of Heracles. Famous was the --now lost
-- statue of Hebe, made of ivory and gold, by Naucydes (brother
of Polycletus) in the 5th century BC. This statue was
also shown on more recent coins from Argos.
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