In the months that Persephone lives in the underworld with Hades, Demeter is sad and missing her daughter. The remainder of the year, Persephone would live in the upper world with her mother, Demeter. Therefore, he came up with a compromise.įor one-third of the year, Persephone would live with Hades in the underworld as his wife and queen of the underworld. Zeus was a just and fair god who understood the laws but also needed to take care of the people who were going to be famished by Demeter’s wrath and sadness. Demeter knows that, no matter what, the law says her daughter must now live with Hades.
Persephone answers yes she had eaten a pomegranate that Hades forced upon her.ĭemeter is heartbroken because she knows that anyone who eats the sacred fruit in the underworld is bound to Hades and the underworld forever. She quickly asks her daughter if she had eaten anything while in the underworld.
Persephone Returns to DemeterĪfter Hades releases Persephone to Demeter, Demeter is so happy to have her daughter back and she ends the famine. Hades agrees to release Persephone, but not before he gives her a piece of pomegranate fruit to eat. Hermes told Hades that the only way the famine would end is if he would return Persephone to her mother Demeter. Hermes told Hades that there was a great famine on the earth sent by Demeter that was causing multiple casualties. Zeus needed the famine on the earth to end and knew the only way this would happen is if Hades released Persephone. Zeus sent Hermes, the messenger god, to talk to Hades. The drought and famine on the earth had taken multiple victims and there was no end in sight. Demeter vowed that she would not end the famine until her daughter was returned to her. Demeter was sad and lifeless, bringing a famine upon the earth to show her sorrow. When Demeter discovered her daughter was missing, she searched everywhere for her. Hades had abducted Persephone and taken her to the underworld to live with him for eternity. Hades was captivated by her beauty and wanted her as his wife, so he opened up the ground underneath Persephone’s feet to the underworld where he lived.
One day, Persephone was in a meadow picking wildflowers when Hades saw her. She is the daughter of Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest, and Zeus, the Greek god of the sky. Persephone is the Greek goddess of vegetation and grain. Hades Sees Persephone Plutus and Demeter, Apulian red-figure loutrophoros C4th B.C., The J. Instead, he would reside in the underworld, watching over the souls who had died. As god of the underworld, Hades did not reside on Mount Olympus with his brothers and sisters. Zeus would rule the sky, Poseidon would rule the sea, and Hades would rule the underworld. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades were brothers and needed to decide which god would rule which area of the universe, so they divided the universe and drew lots. After the Olympians had defeated their Titan ancestors, they came to rule the universe.
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