But what about a wife who kills her husband? ChorusThat would not be murder of a relative by blood. ApolloThen truly you dishonor and bring to nothing the pledges of Hera, the Fulfiller, and Zeus.In connection with marriage, Hera was τελεία, as Zeus was τέλειος; and the adjective applies also to him here. The ancients derived τέλειος (of marriage) from τέλος meaning rite, consummation. Inasmuch as τέλος often has the sense supreme authority, full power, some modern scholars hold that Hera τελεία is Hera the Queen, Hera the Wife.