Sensing something amiss, Persephone’s mother, Demeter, calls her daughter’s name, but to no avail. She only finds scattered petals floating on the lake’s surface.

Having Lucia made me more aware of how the myth of Demeter and Persephone had informed my relationship with my own mother. My parents divorced when I was 7.

Like many Greek myths, the story of Persephone’s descent into the realm of Hades, and her emergence from it, has resonances in contemporary arts, most especially the notion of death and rebirth.

Persephone spending time with Demeter explains springtime, with growth and life returning to the world. When Persephone returns to the Underworld, the land becomes barren, explaining the cold and ...

KS2 History: Ancient Greece. A short animation for 7 - 11 year olds retelling the Ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone and the creation of the seasons. BBC Teach.

Demeter does not manage to negotiate permanent freedom for her daughter, and Persephone is forced to marry a man she did not choose. This reflects real social conditions in Ancient Greece.

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In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest. One day, Hades, god of the underworld, saw Persephone picking flowers. He was captivated by her beauty an… ...

Demeter (goddess of agriculture and harvest) ... Alaska-grown vegetables are so outsize they can seem like caricatures — but they’re real. The Persephone Period applies to Alaskan gardens too.