HEBE - GODDESS OF YOUTH


HEBE, the goddess of youth, was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe served for
a long time as cupbearer to the gods, serving them their nectar and ambrosia. 
She was replaced in this office by the Trojan prince Ganymede.

 According to one story, she resigned as cupbearer to the gods upon her marriage 
to the hero Hercules, who had just been deified. In another, she was dimissed 
from her position because of a fall she suffered while in attendance on the 
gods.