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Why could persephonwe not return to the land of the living?
Persephone had ate the pomegranate in the Underworld; so had to return to the Underworld a part of every year.
How did Hades acquire Persephone?
Kidnapping, most assume, Persephone did the eating of the food of the underworld part, which stuck her in the Underworld; guaranteeing she could never fully return to the world above: but she had to return thus becoming the goddess of spring.
What is Persephone'S tragic flaw?
Persephone's tragic flaw is her naivety and curiosity. When she was kidnapped by Hades, her curiosity led her to eat pomegranate seeds, binding her to the underworld for part of the year. This cycle of her descent and return to the underworld represents the changing seasons.
What did the Greeks believe caused seasons?
In Greek mythology, winter was caused by Demeter's grief over Persephone's return to the underworld. Her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and ate pomegranate seeds, forcing her to return to the underworld for part of each year. As Demeter grieved over her daughter, she neglected the crops, causing them to wilt.
What are some myths about Pluto?
In Greco-Roman mythology, Pluto was the king of the Underworld. He married Persephone and only allowed her to return to earth for part of the year.
Why must persephone return to the underworld for part of each year?
Because while in the Underworld during her first stay with Hades she ate some pomegranate seeds. Eating them bound her to the Underworld, and she must return to it for half of the year, and is able to be with her mother and the living for the other half of the year.
What would happen to peresephone if she ate in the underworld?
Persephone would have to spend a part of the year in the Underworld with Hades.
What would happen to persophone if she ate anything in the underworld?
Persephone would have to stay in the Underworld for a part of the year.
What would happen to presephone if she ate someting in the underworld?
The ancieant myth about Persephone and Hades states that any living thing that eats food from the underworld must remain there for all time. Perssphone did eat six pomigranet seeds however, and therefore must spend six months of every year in the underworld. This myth was used by the Greeks and Romans to explain winter (Persephone was the goddess of spring and growing things)
Where did Persephone came from?
She lived part of the year in the underworld with her husband Hades.
What myth is hades associated with?
The most popular is in which Hades asks Zeus for Persephone's hand in marriage and is granted it, while Demeter does not know and when Persephone is taken he offers her the pomegranate to eat in the Underworld. Which she does, thus she can't leave the Underworld save for part of the year. Demeter has been searching for her daughter, and finds out where Persephone is, and demands her return; when Zeus and Hades argue that Persephone must stay in the Underworld for a portion of time; Demeter lets the world feel her wraith in the first winter.
Why did Persephone eat the pomegranate seeds?
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.
