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    Saturn isā€¦ Hera, I think?

    Zeusā€™ wife, whom he constantly cheats on.

    Zeus = Jupiter Hera = Saturn

    ā€¦ I canā€™t think of a Hera story off the top of my head.

    Iā€¦ think Athena erupted out of Zeusā€™ foreheadā€¦ for some reason, and thatā€™s how she was bornā€¦

    Uhā€¦ ok I am apparently kind of wrong?

    Saturn is ā€¦ apparently the Roman name for Kronosā€¦ and Juno is the Roman name for Heraā€¦ but at some point in history, Saturn started to be used to refer toā€¦ Hera, sometimes, by some people?

    Somebody summon a classics major, Iā€™m out of my element.

    Anyway, this is probably the painting you are thinking of:

    https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

    In this painting, Saturn = Kronos.