Persephone And Greek Mythology

     Hades is one of the brothers of Zeus. He is the unlucky one who got to rule the underworld. He is cruel and unforgiving. Only two have ever gone to Hades domain and returned, Hercules and Odysseus. Hades fell in love with Zeus’s daughter and devised a plan to abduct her. With Zeus’s help they succeeded in the capture of Persephone. Her mother Demeter was so enraged she cursed the Earth. She continued the curse even after she was released. It was only after her mother Rhea was allowed to see her that she let the Earth prosper (message).

In the myth “Persephone”, as retold by Anne Terry White, Hades falls instantly in love with the Goddess of harvest and takes her to the underworld with him. Have is all the sudden alarmed by the heaven, fire breathing beasts that had been buried underground, so he comes up to the land. Anthradite, Goddess of love, spots Hades and commands her son, Eros, to shoot with an arrow of love, hoping it would make Hades release the beasts kindly. Hades suddenly gets shot and his heart slowly begins to soften. Suddenly, in the distance, Hades sees Persephone, goddess of harvest, gracefully working in the meadows and he instantly falls in love with her. As a result, he decides to practically kidnap he and takes her down to the underworld with him.

In Ovid Metamorphoses, the Roman literature described the ruthless act of Pluto of rape, to seize and carry away Proserpine without the consent of Ceres and in parallel in the Homeric Hymns of Demeter; Persephone was seized and carried away by Hades without the consent of Demeter. The invariant theme that was identified in both the Greek and Roman literature was the loss of innocence of Persephone/Proserpine. Despite the various differences the story was presented, it reinforced the innocence that was stolen from the god of the underworld, Hades or also known as Pluto. Throughout this paper, it will discuss the similar characteristics of the two myths such as the motive that led and encouraged the god of the underworld to kidnap

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.

Persephone is the Queen of the underworld, wife of Hades. Symbolic animals associated with Persephone are bats, ram, parrots and all talking birds, and monkeys. Gemstones also associated with this goddess are crystal, quartz, black onyx, pink tourmaline, sapphire, mercury, coral, and jasper. Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.

The great god Zeus granted his bother Hades, god of the underworld, his daughter Persephone for marriage. But the king of gods doesn’t feel the need to tell Persephone or her mother, Demeter, goddess of agriculture, of his final decision.

The fact that she’s described as “picking flowers in a field” when Hades comes to abduct her, sets the tone for the rest of the story as to how active her role will be. Her abduction is, by definition, non-consensual and robs her of any agency in her own story. Not just that, but in some versions of the myth Hades even rapes her, defiling her body and mind in the name of claiming her as “his.” Hannan refers to this type of journey as “a descent through trauma and victimization,” and casts Persephone as a pawn to be moved by more powerful figures. To the Greek audience hearing this, they would see Persephone as an “unwilling bride” which, as Madeline Nold outlines in The Persephone Paradigm, “was an unwitting repetition of the earlier experience of Demeter… in modern psychological terms, it could be said that the unhealthy family pattern reiterated itself, from mother to daughter.”

A famous myth that’s surround hades is the story of how he got his wife which is Persephone, Demeter only girl, So while Persephone was playing around Hades and his chariot kidnapped

Persephone is the goddess of Spring Growth and rebirth. She is queen of the Underworld. Her story and character has interested me since i was 7 years old when i found a book about her. Some people say different things about Persephone, but they all lead to Persephone’s character and story. From Persephone living in the Underworld to Persephone’s symbols I have researched as much as I could.

Persephone was the daughter of the Greek god, Zeus, and goddess, Demeter. She was beautiful and happy. One day, as she was picking flowers in her field, her uncle, Hades, saw her and instantly fell in love with her. Hades decided to kidnap Persephone and took her to the underworld, where he was the god. He locked her in the Hall of Hades, where Persephone wept endlessly. There is a legend that says that if you eat anything in Hades’ lair, you can never leave. Persephone didn’t want to risk being stuck in hell for the rest of her life, so she didn’t eat. This lasted for a week, until she could no longer bear the hunger; Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds - and life in the underworld began to feel permanent.

Perseus is from Greek mythology, and the Greeks put morals throughout their stories to teach the upcoming generation. The morals of these stories can still be learned from today. Although Perseus was known for slaying Medusa, he is also known for his acts of heroism and the influence of the morals taken from his story on the modern day world.

In Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Persephone’s fate has an effect of her mother’s actions. She was known as a young women who did not know what she expected out of life and was unsure of her capabilities within life. Due to Persephone eating the pomegranate seeds, it protected the promise to spend one third of each year with Hades, in which she would live with him, taking the role of his consort and the other two thirds of each year with Demeter, her mother. This also allowed Persephone to be worshiped as the queen in the Underworld and as the maiden, having the task of guiding the living that continued to visit the Underworld. In addition, Persephone knew the religion of the Greeks, learning about the beginning of Christianity and their Eleusinian Mysteries. Because of her return to the Underworld, the Greeks were able to encounter the renewal of afterlife.

Goddess of the Underworld, Spring, and rebirth, Persephone was an important greek goddess. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; Persephone was taken by her now husband, Hades, and forced to love him. Persephone has multiple symbols and was known for controlling the seasons, and loving her family. Being upset that she couldn’t find her daughter, Demeter refused to let anything grow until she was able to see her, creating the first winter season. After Persephone was taken by Hades, Demeter was worried sick about her daughter until she was told by Helios, who can see everything, where she was.

Persephone is the daughter of Demeter the goddess of nature and Zeus the god. Her symbol is the torch her roman name is Proserpine and her husband is Hades. She is the Queen of the underworld and spring. She was also called Core (Cartwright). This paper it will be talking about Persephone the Queen of the underworld and spring and how she got abducted, her powers, and what’s her basic background.

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,