Hades 'Tricked On Persephone'

Together, the two patriarchal figures conspire to kidnap and force Persephone to marry Hades. This is done behind Demeter’s back, intentionally removing her from her role as mother. Their actions directly diminish or outright remove the will of Demeter, a symbol of women in Greek culture (The Homeric Hymn to Demeter 29-30). This theme of a removal of female autonomy is mirrored later in the text when Hades tricks Persephone into eating pomegranate seeds. This action is a deliberate attempt to remove Persephone’s ability to choose for herself, condemning her to spend the winter months in the underworld with him. Not only does this subjugate Persephone to Hades’ will, but it also lends justification to the subjugation of women by men (372-400). By removing the sovereignty of the female mind, the myth promotes male authority.

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Hades played two tricks on Persephone. The first trick was putting a flower in the valley of Enna and as Persephone reached for the Earth opened up in front of her and Hades took her. In the passage it states, “As she stretched out her hand, the Earth opened in front of her, and she found herself caught in a stranger’s arms.” The second trick Hades played on Persephone was tricking her into eating a pomegranate even though she should not have eaten it. Persephone ate seven of the pomegranate’s seeds and was forced to with Hades for seven months every year. As the text states, “Though he could not disobey the command of Zues ,he was crafty and pressured Persephone to eat or drink with him as they parted. Now with joy in her heart she should

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter addresses the fate of Persephone is in the hands of others and is removed from freedom of choice as she is portrayed as a minor. In effect, it is symbolic of the power family holds as the actions of her mother, her father Zeus and her husband Hades determine her path. The text accustoms nickname Persephone throughout the passage as the ‘Core’, the ‘Girl’, or ‘Virgin’. These nicknames assume her role as an underage girl not responsible for her life decisions. The Hymn begins with highlighting the role of the patriarch in a family Zeus as both the head of the family and the other gods who must defer to him as he arranges Hades to take Persephone against her will. As Demeter struggles with the mourn and loss of her child she begins to abandon her reproduction responsibilities and Persephone is ordered to go to the side of your dark robed mother. However, Hades persuades Persephone to eat pomegranate seeds, representing the loss of her innocence as it spiritually bounds her to Hades. Zeus accustomed to be acknowledges as the father of justice and good government rectifies the issue with the arrangement that Persephone remains with Hades however returns to her mother and the Gods for 2 thirds of the year. The Fate of Persephone portrays the common marriage cycle that pertained in Ancient Greece whereby it held the connotation of death for the maiden and submission and adaptation into their Fathers orders.

The one of the two tricks Hades played on Persephone is telling her to eat. Hades tricked he by telling her to eat the pomegranate, when she ate it she ate seven seeds out of it. Now she has to stay with Hades for seven months out of the year. Then she has to stay with her mother five months out of the year. In the story it says “Did you eat or drink anything with Hades?’’ She asked her daughter anxiously, and Persephone replied “Nothing until Hermes released me . Then my joy I took a pomegranate and ate seven of its seeds.” “Alas” said the goddess “My daughter what have you done? The Fates have said that if you at anything you must return to Hades with him as his queen.” The evidence explains how Hades told her to eat and she ate seven seeds

Persephone, the goddess of spring growth, was abducted by Hades and taken down to the underworld where she was crowned queen of the underworld. When Persephone was gone the green fields of flowers turned to ice and the world had become lifeless. Demeter, her mother, searched the world for her but she refused to eat any of Earth’s fruit until she met her daughter. When the world was in a famine and the whole race of men would die, Zeus finally agreed to let Persephone met her mother. Demeter was so happy to meet her daughter, however, when she found out that Persephone had eaten Hades’ pomegranate seed she was immediately put back in her grief. When Persephone ate the seed, she promised to return back to the Underworld every year for six months.

One of the two tricks that Hades played on Persephone was having her eat. She ate seven seeds from a pomegranate. If she ate anything from Hades’ world she would have to stay with him. Luckily she only ate seven of the seeds so she does not have to stay with Hades forever. In the myth it states, “For seven months of the year, therefore, you must dwell in the underworld, and the remaining five you live with me.” This means Hades tricked Persephone into staying with him for seven months of each year.

The Ancient Greeks lived a life oriented around religion, and this religious centered life came with religious ceremonies to celebrate both men and women’s coming of age into adulthood. One interesting rite of passage for both men and women were the Eleusinian mysteries. These mysteries are based and centered on the myth of Hades and Persephone, commonly used as an explanation for the changing of the seasons, but has two other interpretations: the sexual awakening and becoming a woman, and also the idea that is is possible to come back from the afterlife. Hades may not be the end of everyone.

Persephone, the Greek Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld. Also known as Kore (the maiden). The daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the harvest goddess. She has one brother, Dionysus, and lots of half siblings. The meaning to her name is unknown, but some believe in the greek words pertho “to destroy” and phone “murder.” She was married to the God-King of the Underworld, Hades. She was so beautiful that he kidnapped her and took her as his wife. Due to this, Persephone had to stay in the underworld for about 4 months of the year, winter time, and would emerge to bring back spring to the earth for the remaining months. Bringing back spring to the earth meant crops could grow again in which earth was flourishing. They never had children,

In the movie persephone says that she never leaves and has to stay with Hades. In the myth it states,¨Every year when Persephone left her, Demeter grieved, nothing grew, and there was winter in the world.¨ This shows that she left every winter. In the movies it says that I have to stay here all the time. This shows that she has to stay everyday and never gets to leave. In the movie it makes it look like that Persephone was a prisoner in Hades’s underworld.

One of the two tricks that Hades payed on Persephone were very wrong. Hades captured her while she was picking flowers and the Earth opened in front of her. In the story it says “Persephone shrieked aloud and struggled, while the armful of flowers cascaded down to earth”. This means Hades was trying to trick her so he can bring her down to the underworld for months.

One of the tricks Hades played on Persephone was asking her to eat. He did this because he knew if she ate anything while she was there she would have to stay with him in the underworld. So he pressed Persephone to eat or drink with him as they parted. Now with joy in her heart, she would not refuse all food. So Persephone took a Pomegranite and ate seven of its seeds. What she did not know was that because she had eaten seven of the Pomegranite’s seeds she had to stay in the underworld with Hades for seven months out of each year and with her mother for only five months each

For nearly two thousand years, the first fruits of the harvest were sacrificed to Demeter in a religious event called Thesmophoria. The sacrifices to Demeter were a form of gratitude from the greeks to their goddess. According to a translation done by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, the ancient greeks believed the reason the seasons changed from winter to spring was due to the abduction of the greek goddess Demeter’s daughter Persephone, by the lord of the underworld, Hades. The abduction of Persephone can be considered a myth, according to scholar William Russel Bascom’s definition, because it is a prose narrative which depicts divine main characters with human attributes, whose actions are set in an earlier world, such as Olympus and the underworld. This particular myth also accounts for a phenomena of nature, which Bascom states myths should account for, that is the changing of the seasons. From 1600 B.C.E to 392 A.D. the cult of Demeter held initiations called the Eleusinian Mysteries, that consisted of secret rituals after which, the participants would no longer fear death; this myth can be studied as well as linguistics to better understand the culture of the secret cult of Demeter.

One of the two tricks that hades played on persephone. Hades had mode a one of a kind flower pop as a trap to take Persephone to marriage. I know this because in the text it states “as the maidens went picking and calling to one another across the blossoming meadow, it happen that Persephone strayed apart from that rest. Then, as she looked a little ahead in the meadow, she suddenly  beheld the most marvelous thing happen a one of a kind flower appeared. As she was about pick it the ground opened up and hades trapped her and took her to Olympus to marriage. This is one of the two tricks that hades played on persephone.

The one of the two tricks Hades played on Peresophone is that he tricked her with the flower and the seven seeds. Peresophone went to Enna, a beautiful valley, where lovely flowers of the year grew. She saw this beautiful flower a little ahead in the meadow. When she tried to picked up the flower someone snatched her. Hades had tricked her. Peresophone was tricked when she picked up the flower. In the story, the author states, “As she stretched out her hand, the earth opened in front of her, and she found herself caught in a stranger’s arm.” This explains how Peresophone has been tricked by Hades. In the story, the author states, “For seven months of every year, Peresophone will be