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 ...

Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

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.

At its heart is the story of two complicated romances - the myth of queen Persephone's abduction by Hades, god of the ...

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.

Persephone’s divine mother, Demeter, goddess of the harvest and fertility, was so devastated by her daughter’s abduction by Hades that no plants would grow. Zeus offered the solution ...

At its heart is the story of two complicated romances - the myth of queen Persephone's abduction by Hades, god of the underworld, and the doomed love story of Eurydice and Orpheus - that ...