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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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Did Persephone have any brothers and sisters?

Yes, most definetly. But they were all half brothers and sisters:

Her half-brothers are: Hercules, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Arion, Plutus, and Philomelus. Her half- sisters are: Artemis, Athena, Eris, Hebe, Eleithyia, and Despoena.

Which month or season did Hades take Persephone?

The season Hades claimed Persephone became the end of summer and the beginning of autumn/winter.

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.

Who was the parents of Persephone?

Her father was Zeus, king of the gods and god of the sky.

Her mother was Demeter, goddess of plants and agriculture.

What happens on earth while Persephone is gone?

In Greek mythology, it is said that while Persephone is in the Underworld, her absence causes the earth to enter a period of barrenness and cold known as winter. With her return in the spring, the earth blooms and life is renewed. This cycle symbolizes the changing seasons and the promise of new beginnings.

Did Persephone kill anything?

Persephone, being Queen of the Underworld and the dead, did not kill - but she could send plagues as she and Hades did upon Thebes when they would not bury the dead warriors after the Seven Against Thebes war.

What color was Persephone's hair?

Persephone, being a Greek goddess, could change her appearance (and hair) at will.

What are Persephones family relationships?

Mother: Demeter

Father: Zeus

Uncle/Husband: Hades

Uncle: Poseidon

Aunts: Hera, Hestia

How was Persephone's relationship with the other gods?

Persephone was the great queen of the Underworld, she was daughter to Zeus and to Demeter, he aunts being Hera - the queen of heaven, and Hestia; her uncles being Hades himself and Poseidon, king of the sea. Likewise, Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Ares, Athena, Hephaestus, Heracles and sometimes Aphrodite were counted as her siblings.

What are Persephone's physical characteristics?

She is a young adult women with great physical strength and superhuman abilities who does not age and converts from being blonde and blue-eyed in spring to a dark-eyed brunette of the underworld.

Why is Persephone remembered today?

Persephone is remembered best for being abducted from Earth by Hades, her husband to be, and for the search of Demeter which brought all growing things to die: she is remembered for eating the pomegranate thus splitting her year between the Underworld (death, her husband Hades) and Earth (renewal, life, her mother Demeter).

What were the powers of Persephone?

As Queen Persephone of the Underworld, and goddess of the spring - a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and wife of Hades - there is not much anyone mortal or immortal would not grant her. A goddesses powers are not limited to human imagination.

What role did Persephone play in mythology?

Persephone was both goddess of spring (life) and goddess Queen of the Underworld.

What does Persephone look like when she was born?

Greek myth does not relate much of the youth of Persephone/Kore.

When is Persephone ever mean?

The meaning of the name Persephone is perhaps "destructive-slayer".

Who is the brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone?

Artemis and Hermes were only half siblings. They both had Zeus for a father but different mothers. Some of their half brothers would be Ares, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Perseus, and Hercules. Apollo, Artemis' twin brother, would also be a half brother to Hermes.

Why was Persephone bound to the underworld when she ate pomegranate seeds?

Because the pomegranate was food from the Underworld, she had eaten this food and could not leave the Underworld (death).

Where was Persephone kidnapped?

The oldest version of the story sets it in the environs of Eleusis, near Athens. Later authors, especially the Greek-Italians, set the story in the fields of Sicily. The Argives and Kretans, in local cult stories, also claimed to possess the site of the Rape or Return.

How was Persephone made?

Persephone was born to Demeter from Zeus.

What is the connection between Persephone and pomagranets?

Persephone ate of the pomegranate in the Underworld, and thus every year must go to the Underworld - then return to Earth.

Did Persephone treat Demeter right?

Persephone did return to spend half the year on Earth between her mother, Demeter, and then to the Underworld to be with her husband, Hades.