The goddess Persephone is depicted with a pomegranate in her hand because she is the Greek goddess of vegetation.
The pomegranate.
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She was tricked by Hades.
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Pomegranate.
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Persephone had ate the pomegranate the food of the Underworld.
She ate six pomegranate seeds. That is why pomegranates are known as the fruit of the dead.
Persephone held a pomegranate in her hand because that was one main part of the seasons. Persephone ate the pomegranate meaning that she had to stay in the underworld for 6 months, thus Demeter's creation of the seasons. When Persephone is in the underworld this creates Fall and Winter. When she is reunited with her child, this creates Spring and Summer.