Persephone lived in the Underworld six months of every year (winter) and aboveground with her mother Demeter during the other six (summer).
Hades took Persephone to the underworld because of Persephone's beauty.
Persephone is both the goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld.
Persephone is the Goddess of Springtime, and The Queen & Goddess of the Underworld.
Persephone became the Queen of the Underworld.
Who: Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter What: Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld When: Persephone as the daughter of Demeter was born a goddess of Spring; upon her abduction to the Underworld by Hades, she became his wife and Queen of the Underworld Where: Somewhere in Greece. How: Persephone is goddess of Spring when Hermes and Hecate escort her to Earth from the Underworld, where she is greeted by Demeter and the Seasons: when Persephone returns to the Underworld she goes in Autumn Why: Persephone exists to explain the seasons in a fundamental way.
Hades took Persephone to the underworld because of Persephone's beauty.
Persephone stays in the Underworld for half of the year (six months) and is allowed to return to Olympus for the other half.
Queen Persephone is the queen of the Underworld. Hades is her husband and is ruler of the Underworld.
Persephone leaves the underworld in Spring and she returns in the beginning of Fall.
Persephone is both the goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld.
Persephone stays with Hades in the Underworld for 6 months of the year.
Hades and Persephone had a palace in the Underworld.
Hades took Persephone to the Underworld to be His wife. Zeus (Persephone's father) promised Persephone to Hades as his wife.
Persephone ate of the pomegranate in the Underworld and so had to return to the Underworld every year.
Persephone was not Queen of the Underworld until taken to the Underworld by Hades: afterward, she was never taken anywhere against her will.
Persephone is believed to stay on Earth during Spring, Summer, and Early Fall. She returns to the Underworld in late fall and that is what causes winter.
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