👉 Spurius is a term used in Greek mythology to describe a person who was cursed by the goddess Hera, who had been banished from her home on Mount Olympus. The curse of spurius involved him being unable to speak or communicate with others, and he would often be confined to his own home, surrounded by a group of servants. The term "spurius" is often associated with the concept of punishment, as it suggests that those who were cursed by Hera are doomed to suffer