When Demeter found out that Hades had seized her daughter she became very sad and stopped caring about the harvest. All the plants began to wither and die. Zeus, chief of the gods, promised ...

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 ...

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe is a modern retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone, giving Persephone the autonomy ...

The other main gods and goddesses are: Poseidon: God of the sea.Athena: Goddess of wisdom and war.Dionysus: God of wine and fruitfulness.Aphrodite: Goddess of love.Demeter: Goddess of the harvest ...

The grief of her distraught mother Demeter – goddess of the harvest – led to a drought which only ended when Zeus, king of the gods, commanded Hades to return Persephone to her mother.