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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.

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Poems of Persephone the queen of the underworld?

Persephone has been a source of inspriation for poems for generations both ancient and modern.

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.

How does the myth of Demeter and Persephone explain the change of seasons?

Demeter goddess of crops and harvest. Her daughter Persephone was abducted by Hades. Demeter went looking for her, mourning her loss. Demeter forgot to mind the growth, nothing grew (winter). A compromise was reached - Persephone was allowed to rejoin her mother for half the year (=growth period).

What happens to Persephone the daughter of Demeter?

Persephone was promised to Hades as his bride by Zeus, Persephone's father. He did this without informing Demeter or Persephone.

Hades arose from the Underworld to claim is bride, thus abducting her and taking her back to the Underworld.

While she was there she ate pomegranate seeds which binds her to the Underworld for half of the year, and allows her to return to the surface and Olympus for the rest of the year.

Who does Zeus send down to hades to get Persephone?

Zeus sends Hermes, the messenger-god, because he's the only one who regularly goes there on business (Hermes guides souls to Tartarus).

Who is persephones grandparents?

Persephones grandparents were Crouns and Rhea on bothe sides. Her motehr was Demter and father was Zeus, and Zeus and Demter were siblings.

Was Persephone a child when Hades took her?

Nope, Persephone was a maiden (in other words, she was a young woman, probably equivalent to eighteen or twenty-one to us)

Was Persephone beautiful?

Zeus had only two daughters: Persephone and Helen. Both were considered to be so beautiful that Theseus and his friend Perithoos decided they wanted to kidnap them. That didn't work so well for Perithoos because he became trapped in the underworld and Theseus had to go bail him out.

Actually Pirithous and Theseus went together into the underworld to kidnap Persephone and were entrapped there. It was Hercules that rescued Theseus but Pirithous was condemned to stay in the underworld forever.

And Zeus had other daughters: Athena, Artemis, and the Muses.

Honestly, if you were the daughter of the chief Olympian, wouldn't you be a knock-out?

What are qoutes on Persephone?

Demeter: `Helios, do you at least regard me, goddess as I am, if ever by word or deed of mine I have cheered your heart and spirit. Through the fruitless air I heard the thrilling cry of my daughter whom I bare, sweet scion of my body and lovely in form, as of one seized violently; though with my eyes I saw nothing. But you -- for with your beams you look down from the bright upper air Over all the earth and sea - tell me truly of my dear child, if you have seen her anywhere, what god or mortal man has violently seized her against her will and mine, and so made off.'

Who is Persephone's friend nymph?

Nymphs is the collective name of the host of minor goddesses; Persephone had friends among Athene, Artemis, and Hecate.

How many seeds did Persephone eat?

Persephone ate 6 seeds in Hades mystic garden because she knew that the food that Hades gave her was tainted and that she knew that if she ate them, she would never leave. She also knew the garden was not tainted, so therefore, she ate 6 seeds from his mystic garden.

If you were buying 5 gifts for Persephone what would you get her?

A snow globe (as being in the Underworld during winter would prevent her from seeing snow - ever)

A book about underground gardens - being the goddess of spring, perhaps she would like it.

The current laws of our country - being the goddess in charge of the Furies, this might serve some amusement.

A dress with all the colors of spring - so she could ware something modern when emerging from the Earth.

A dress with all the colors of autumn - to wear upon her return to the Underworld.

What Greek myth explained the seasons?

It was the Greek myth about Hades and Persephone that helped to explain the seasons. In this myth, when Persephone and her mother Demeter were reunited, the earth flourished, and when Persephone returned to the Underworld, the world was barren.

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.

Was Persephone promised to Hades by Zeus?

Yes, she was, although this promise was unknown to her or her mother Demeter.

What fundamental question about life does the myth Demeter and Persephone seek to answer?

the seasons; like when persephone is in the underworld demeter stops doing her job and get sad, this means that harvest is barren and there is nothing but in the spring persephone is comig back to her mother and demeter becomes happy, also in the summer

What is the moral of the story of Demeter and Persephone?

Demeter is the Greek goddess of agriculture. Persephone is supposed to be her daughter. According to the Greek myth, Hades wanted to marry Persephone and take her to the underworld, making her the Goddess of the underworld. This caused Demeter such agony that she let the world start to die off. Zeus couldn't take the world being so dead, and he sent Hermes to retrieve Persephone. Hades, before releasing her, tricked her into eating 6 pomegranate seeds which forced her to return to the underworld for 6 months out of every year. While Demeter and Persephone are together the world flourishes, while they are apart, Demeter lets everything die.

Why are Hades and Persephone married if they are uncle and niece?

Gods have a tendency to marry other Gods, and when the only Gods are family.. you marry what is available.

Persephone is incredibly beautiful, and Hades fell in love with her. At first she disliked him greatly, but I do believe after some time she came to love him.