According to Philostratus the Elder, Hebe was the youngest of the gods and the one responsible for keeping them eternally young, and thus was the most revered by them. She had influence over eternal youth and the ability to restore youth to mortals, a power that appears exclusive to her, as in Ovid's Metamorphoses, some gods lament the aging of their favoured mortals. Hebe is a daughter of Zeus and Hera, and the divine wife of Heracles ( Roman equivalent: Hercules). People of Sicyon also worshipped her as the goddess of forgiveness or of mercy. She functioned as the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia. Hebe ( / ˈ h iː b iː/ Greek: Ἥβη), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life.
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