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Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion

Note 815 — Chapter VI · THE MAKING OF A GODDESS.

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As long ago as 1857, H. D. Müller in his remarkable book Mythologie der Griechischen Stämme, pp. 249-255, saw that Zeus and Hera belonged to stocks racially distinct, and that in the compulsory marriage of Hera to Zeus is reflected the subjugation of a primitive race to Achaean invaders. In discussing the American excavations at Argos I followed his leading, see ‘Primitive Hera-Worship,’ Cl. Review, Dec. 1892, p. 474, and 1893, p. 44.

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