In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.

The story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone ... What's often forgotten is how, despite the initial trauma of Persephone's ...

The central myth about Hades involves his abduction and rape of Persephone, daughter of Demeter. The earliest recounting of this myth comes from the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed sometime in ...

Students from the AHEPA Greek School in Melbourne perform the radio-edition of the ancient Greek myth of Persephone as part of the SBS Greek podcast series "Students and Children Perform Roles in ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

Demeter makes everything grow In the first programme of the series we meet the goddess Demeter - mother of Persephone - who makes the crops grow. In the third programme of the series Hades takes ...