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No, Zeus did not make winter come when he was upset. When Persephone goes to the underworld for six months each year fall and winter come.

The Greeks told the story of Demeter and her daughter Persephone to explain the seasons. Persephone was stolen away by the god Hades to be his queen in the underworld. Demeter, goddess of growing things, was so sad that she neglected her duties and everything died. Eventually Zeus decreed that Persephone could return to her mother if she had eaten nothing whilst in the underworld. Unfortunately she had eaten six pomegranate seeds, so Zeus said Persephone should spend six months with Hades and six months with Demeter. Thus when Persephone returns, Demeter is happy and it is spring and things start to grow, but when she returns to Hades, the winter comes.

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