Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Hiera (Ἱέρα) is the wife of Telephus the mythic founder of the city of Pergamum. She is depicted in the frieze on the interior of the Altar of Pergamum.During the Trojan War the Greeks attacked Pergamum either because they mistook it for Troy or because an alliance existed between Troy and Pergamum. Hiera was apparently an Amazon and the Amazons united with the defenders of Pergamum to repel the attack.