Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

For that matter, most of them were relatives who married each other. Persephone's mother Demeter had plenty of cause for anger when her daughter became the wife of Hades. After all, he was her ...

Persephone is, indeed, making her way deep into the Underworld. For those unfamiliar with Greek myth, Persephone was the ...

Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

There are other variations too, particularly to make sense of the relationship between Persephone and her mom. "In the Hymn ...