Ever imperious, Zeus ordered Demeter to return to her duties – unsurprisingly, she refused. Eventually, Demeter came to the site of Persephone’s abduction. Reduced to a pool of water, Cyane ...

Her return represents spring and the harvest period. Horticulture has the term “Persephone Period”: the time of year when days have less than 10 hours of sunlight.

But because Persephone mistakenly ate four pomegranate seeds while she was in the underworld, she must return to Hades for a third of every year, forever. The story of Persephone is used to ...

But because Persephone mistakenly ate four pomegranate seeds while she was in the underworld, she must return to Hades for a third of every year, forever. The story of Persephone is used to ...

Virgo, the second-largest constellation, associated with purity, harvest, and renewal, linked to Greek goddess Demeter and the myth of Persephone's return from the underworld in Spring.

However, because Persephone had eaten a single pomegranate seed in the underworld it meant she could no longer be completely free to return to the world of the living.

However, because Persephone had eaten a single pomegranate seed in the underworld it meant she could no longer be completely free to return to the world of the living. ADVERTISEMENT Instead she must ...