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.

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.

We meet Demeter and her daughter Persephone. We learn that Demeter has to travel far from home, often leaving Persephone alone.

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 ...

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As I write these lines, I feel the warm promise of spring in my heart. However, I don’t think that way because of a date on ...

Hey, check out this quote from the Library of Pseudo-Apollodorus regarding Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and ...

Lore Olympus, the three-time consecutive Eisner Award-winning comic by Rachel Smythe, is a modernized take on the classic Greek myth of Hades and Persephone. Lore Olymppus takes the myth that is ...