What's often forgotten is how, despite the initial trauma of Persephone's abduction, she wound up enjoying her yearly stints ...

Persephone’s journey between the underworld and the earth transforms the seasons, where love, loss and the eternal cycle of ...

Of all the mysteries of Ancient Greece, the Orphic Mysteries based on the myth of Orpheus are the most intriguing.

Wait for me! I’m coming!” This heart-wrenching cry from Orpheus to Eurydice is the aching core of Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell’s groundbreaking Broadway musical that brings ancient Greek myth into the ...

Hermes relates how one day she is out picking flowers when Hades, god of the underworld, comes to the upper world and sees her. Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground ...

Together with the story they recount the adventures of Persephone – her time in the Underworld and her eventual return to earth. The songs, music activities and literacy links can also be put ...

What's often forgotten is how, despite the initial trauma of Persephone's abduction, she wound up enjoying her yearly stints as Queen of the Underworld during the cooler months of the year. It can get ...