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Why was Persephone bound to the underworld when she ate pomegranate seeds?
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∙ 12y ago
Because the pomegranate was food from the Underworld, she had eaten this food and could not leave the Underworld (death).
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Did Demeter find Persephone dead in the underworld?
No, but Persephone ate the pomegranate seeds, and was bound to the underworld for six months out of the year. Wiki on!!
What would happen to Persephone if she ate something in the underworld?
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.
What did hades feed Demeter's daughter?
Before she left Hades, Hades gave her three pomegranate seeds. when persephone left hades, she accidentally ate 7 pomegranate seeds.
What kind of seeds did hades give Persephone?
Pomegranate seeds, the food of the underworld, and, having eaten even one seed, Persephone had to stay in the underworld for (depending on the story) three (or six) months every year.
What happened to Persephone after eating the seeds?
Persephone, after eating the pomegranate seeds had to spend half the year in the Underworld and so became Queen as the wife of Hades, King of the Underworld.
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.
Seeds Persephone ate in the underworld?
Pomegranate seeds! YUM!! (well she technically didn't eat them, she sucked on them...)
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.
Why does Demeter have to compromise Persephone?
Demeter had to compromise with allowing Persephone to spend part of the year in the Underworld with Hades because of the agreement struck between Hades and Zeus. This compromise was the result of Persephone eating six pomegranate seeds in the Underworld, which bound her to spend a portion of each year there.
What is the relation of Aphrodite and the pomegranate?
Hades offered his wife Persephone some pomegranate (or pomegranate seeds) so she would have to consider the Underworld her home.
What happens as a result of Persephone's eating pomegranate seeds?
She marries Hades and becomes Queen of the Underworld.
How did Persephone become lady of the dead?
Hades kidnapped her and she ate 6 pomegranate seeds in the Underworld which trapped her there.
