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Although, Hera is sometimes considered to be a virgin goddess. In some myths she goes through a ritual (every year?) where she bathes and becomes a virgin again (or something like that). Also, if the child was born in the equivalent of Athena's children (from thoughts), would that be considered breaking her vow of chastity? If she's sworn to be a virgin, and has a child through another means, surely her vow is still intact as she's still a virgin? Although, I do think it's really unlikely that it's Artemis. When we meet her in the books she seems so clearly in contempt of males that I do not think she would willingly break her vow.