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Did Hercules have to go get Persephone as one of his 12 tasks?
He did not. However, he did have to go to the underworld and bring back Cerebus, the three headed dog guarding the underworld, but it was Zeus who brought back Persephone. P.S- Persephone ate 6 pomegranet seeds, so to be fair to Hades and Demeter, Persephone was forced to stay in the underworld for 6 months every year.
Why was Persephone not allowed to return back to her mother?
Persephone had ate the pomegranate the food of the Underworld.
Where does Persephone go every year?
The Underworld.
Did persephone go willingly with hades to the underworld?
No
Why could Persephone not go back to earth?
Persephone could not go back to Earth because she ate pomegranate seeds while in the underworld, which tied her to the realm of the dead. As a result, she had to spend part of the year in the underworld as the wife of Hades, and the other part on Earth with her mother, Demeter. This myth explains the changing of the seasons, with Persephone's time in the underworld corresponding to winter.
What is the connection between Persephone and pomagranets?
Persephone ate of the pomegranate in the Underworld, and thus every year must go to the Underworld - then return to Earth.
What happens each year when Persephone comes back from the underworld?
Every year when Persephone returns from the Underworld her mother Demeter allows Spring to return to the earth.
Why does Hades take Persephone to the underworld?
Hades took Persephone to the underworld because of Persephone's beauty.
Who is rolling a boulder up a mountain in the Underworld?
Siphyus because he tricked Persephone into letting him go back to "The Land of The Living".
Who did Hades snatch to take back to the underworld?
He snatched Persephone back to the Underworld because he was lonely.So he had the aid of Zeus and Hermes to help him
Who did Perseus marry?
Hades abducted Persephone while she was picking flowers and held her against her will in the underworld. Persephone created a famine as a result of her misery for the people. Eventually the gods intervened so that man kind would not die off. Before Persephone left the underworld Hades fed her a pomegranate seed. Because she ate Persephone was then bound to go back to the underworld with Hades for a season a year.
What was Persephone the queen of?
Queen Persephone is the queen of the Underworld. Hades is her husband and is ruler of the Underworld.
