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Persephone (Proserpina)
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the queen of the Underworld. Her Roman equivalent was Proserpina. She was a goddess of vegetation.
706 Questions
Did the Greeks build any temples or buildings dedicated to Persephone?
Yes, a temple called the Necromanteion was built in honour of Persephone and Hades. It was almost entirely destroyed by invasion and time, the ruins of it however are still visible today.
Why did ancient Greeks fear Persephone queen of the underworld?
Persephone, as Queen of the Underworld, was a deity of death, to draw her attention was to invite death as the Greeks thought it.
Persephone - the goddess of vegetation (in Greek Mythology)
Why did Persephone stay half a year in the underworld?
Zeus promised Hades that he could be Persephone's husband. However, Demeter (her mom) and Peresphone were unaware of this. Thus, Hades captured Peresphone and made her his bride. They made an agreement that only half a year, Demeter would be able to see Peresphone.
Was hades Persephones uncle in-law?
Hades is Persephone's uncle. Because Zeus is Persephone's father, and Hades is Zeus' brother.
What does Persephone wear in the Underworld?
Whatever she wanted to. She wasn't a real person, so the Greeks didn't see fit to describe her in every detail.
Persephone's Quest is a book about entheogens and the origins of religion.
What do you wear to look like Persephone without buying anything?
A load of flowers. Flowers because she was the goddess of Spring.
What agreement did Aphrodite and Persephone reach over Adonis?
Adonis must spent his time 6 months in the Underworld (with Persephone) and 6 months in Olympus (With Aphrodite), but at the same time, Adonis prefer to stay with Aphrodite
Was Persephones hades' first love?
yup. Some later loves were minthe and leuce, who she turned into plants
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What were Persephone's dogs names?
Persephone does not have a dog either on Earth, Olympus or in the Underworld.
Her husband however had a very famous dog: Cerberus.
Why could Persephone not return to the land of the living?
At first it was because Hades was preventing her from returning. It is a rule that if you eat the food of the underworld you must stay there and she ate six pomegranate seeds so she then had to stay, but her mother was so upset that Zeus said she only had to spend six months a year there, one for every seed.
What school did Persephone go to?
Gods and goddesses don't go to school. However, if they needed to learn they might learn from their parents or perhaps the chief god Zeus himself.
A large number of God and heroes seem to have been tutored by centaurs.
How does the location of the underworld affect Persephone Demeter and Hades?
Demeter mourns her daughters lose every year, and winter comes to the earth.
Persephone must go between the realm of Hades and the earth every year.
Hades either must await Persephone or is with her.
What was a conflict for Persephone?
To either go back to the earth with her mother Demeter, or stay in the Underworld with her husband Hades. This was resolved by Zeus into half year stays with each.
What are facts about Persephone the goddess of earth?
Daughter of Demeter
Daughter of Zeus
Wife of Hades
Queen of the Underworld
Goddess of Spring
What causes Zeus to take action in Demeter and Persephone?
He fears that humankind will die out from lack of food
Did Hades ever have love affairs aside from Persephone?
Nobody really knows. Hades was never married. But taking Persephone as his wife and queen of the underworld was by force. It was never Persephone's choice.
According to Ovid and the geographer Strabo, Hades took the nymph Menthe or Minthe as his mistress. Persephone jealously trampled the unfortunate girl, transforming her into a plant, known as mint.
What were the weaknesses of Persephone?
The most concrete example of a weakness of Persephone would be in the myth of Orpheus, where he comes to the Underworld and plays a really sad song on his lyre, begging for his wife to be let go. Persephone finally relents, which shows that she's a sucker for a sad song. ; )
