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PERSEPHONE, QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD.
The goddess Persephone, the innocent daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of corn, grain and the harvest. Who was abducted by Hades and became the queen of the underworld. The story was used by the ancient Greeks to explain the changing of seasons. The image of Persephone in people’s mind was a naive little girl who is stuck between the protection of the mother and the love of her husband.
It is said that Persephone, the lovely young maiden has a beauty that enchanted the Gods. However, Demeter had an obsessive love for her only daughter and kept her away from men. The most persistent among them all was Hades, the god of underworld & death. He was a middle-aged man, who lived in the dark among the …show more content…

One day, when she was playing and picking flowers with her friends in a valley, she was tempted by narcissus. When she bend down to pick the flower, the earth below her cracked open and Hades came out on his chariot with black horses. He grabbed her before she could scream for help and went to the underworld while the crack closed after them.
The girls did not notice the disappearance of Persephone since the whole incident happened in a flash. Unfortunately, it was witnessed by Zeus and Helios, the god of the Sun. Zeus kept it silent since he wanted to avoid a fight with his brother while Helios did not want to be involved with anything that did not concern him. Demeter was horrendously upset to have lost her daughter and began searching the world.
Demeter’s good friend, Hecate, the goddess of wilderness and childbirth suggest her to seek help from Helios. Helios felt sorry for her and told her that Persephone was kidnapped by Hades. In her anger at her daughter's loss, Demeter laid a curse on the world that caused plants to wither and die, and the land to become desolate. Upon hearing this, Zeus interfered and tried to bring her back to the living. However, since Persephone had eaten the seeds of a pomegranate while she was in the underworld, Hades had a claim on

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