The Perils of Persephone

Hey,it's Lexi!!!(and Morgan too...)It's a snow day! We're here to inform you of the many perils of Persephone. Persephone is the goddess of flowers. Her mother is Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. Her mother never let Persephone out of her sight,but one day Persephone was not with her mother. As she was playing in a meadow making flowers grow, the Earth opened up and Hades appeared in his chariot. Hades is the god of the Underworld. He is also her great uncle. Before her nymphs could rescue her, Persephone was snatched up and takin to the Underworld. Hades had previousy fallen in love with the young goddess and he wanted to marry her and have her become the Queen of the Undeworld. Demeter was distraught when she learned that her daughter was kidnapped and takin to the Underworld. She told Zeus to have her belovoed daughter returned or the consequences would be dire. She told Zeus that if Persephone was not returned, she would not allow the Earth to bare grain and prosper. Zeus knew that Demeter would deliver that threat, so he sent Hermes to the Underworld to bring back Persephone.
Persephone would never havehad to return to the Underworld again,but while she was with Hades, she had eaten pomegranate seeds. The pomegranete is the food of the dead and if eaten, one could never leave the Underworld. Zeus bargained with Hades to let the young goddess return to her mother. They finally reached an agreement. Persephone would stay one month for each pomegranate seed that she had eaten. Now, she has to spend half of the year with her mother and the other half with Hades. When Persephone is gone with Hades the Earth has winter and when Persephone returnes to her mother,the Earth blossms with the season spring. The myth of Persephone is how the ancient Greeks and Romans explain the different seasons.

Look how happy! Demeter is on the bottom and Persephone is on the top