The answer depended on the region where the story was told. The idea was that she was to spend one month in Hades for each seed she ate. In some places it's as few as 4 in others as many as 8.
6. each seed stands for a month.
ACTUALLY SHE ATE ONLY 4 SEEDS.
Hades gave Persephone pomegranate seeds to eat.
Six pomegranate seeds.
Persephone did eat something in the Underworld. She was given pomegranate seeds to eat, which she did, thus binding her to the Underworld for half of the year.
Pomegranate seeds! YUM!! (well she technically didn't eat them, she sucked on them...)
Before she left Hades, Hades gave her three pomegranate seeds. when persephone left hades, she accidentally ate 7 pomegranate seeds.
Hades did, he gave it to her. Um.. Im not sure who answered this but i am going 2 improve your answer. Yes, Hades did see Persephone eat the Pomegranate seeds. But it was the gardener who chuckled when Persephone ate them. So yeah=]
Persephone has to return to Hades's underground kingdom because she had a couple of pomegranate seeds to eat.
Persephone has to return to Hades's underground kingdom because she had a couple of pomegranate seeds to eat.
Persephone has to return to Hades's underground kingdom because she had a couple of pomegranate seeds to eat.
Because once you eat fruit from the garden of the underworld, you cannot leave
Persephone refused to eat anything when she was first taken to the Underworld, out of protest. But when she was offered the pomegranate seeds she was very hungry. She only a few, but in eating them it tied her to the Underworld, forcing her to return for half of the year.
Pomegranate.