Hebe was the goddess of youth and the cup-bearer of the gods, until she was replaced by Ganymede.
Residence: Mount Olympus
Symbols: Cup, pitcher and hen
Parents: Zeus and Hera
Siblings: Aeacus, Angelos, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Ilithyia, Enyo, Ersa, Helen of Troy, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses and the Moirae
Consort: Heracles
Children: Alexiares and Anicetus
Roman equivalent: Juventas
She was also the goddess of the young bride and an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite. Heracles received Hebe in marriage upon his ascension to Mount Olympus, a wedding which reconciled the hero with Hebe’s mother, Hera.
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