Thanks, Carol! As a kid, I must have read a hundred times the book of Greek myths, and yet I didn't know this one... I just looked it up yesterday....but I've always hated Hera, so mean...
In many of those stories, dead characters are often granted some sort of compensation, turn them into stars and what not. It's always presented as such a wonderful gift from the gods, but really I don't see how being turned into a bird is supposed to make up for all that you've lost.