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The Myth of PersephoneIn ancient Greece people were believing in the 12 Gods ofOlympus. They were immortal and ruled the people from their

palace n the top of mountain Olympus. They use to drink nectar

and eatingambrosia.

One of the goddesses was Demeter. She was the goddess of

grain and agriculture. She taught people how to cultivate and sow

the fields. She was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister of

Zeus.

Demeter, the goddess of grain and agriculture

Demeter and Zeus had a daughter named Persephone. The

symbols of the goddess were: a bundle of swords, a basket full of

fruits, the poppy, the narcissus and thepomegranate.

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Goddess Demeter and humans.

Goddess Demeter had a beautiful daughter named Persephone(). Persephone's father was mighty Zeus himself. Zeus

decided to marry her with Hades. One day while she was picking

flowers in the forest, Hades took her to the underworld.Demeter went all over looking for her beloved daughter. She could

not find her anywhere. With pain and tears in her eyes, she begged

the god Helios (sun) to tell her what has happened to her daughter.

Helios told her that Zeus gave Persephone to Hades as a wife.

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emeter got very angry with this decision of Zeus. She left

Olympus and she transformed herself into a regular mortal woman.

Dressed in black she walked among the humans crying for her

daughter. Because of this, nothing was growing on earth. Humans

and animals were starving and slowly dying. Demeter had

abandoned her responsibilities as goddess of agriculture.

Zeus was watching from Olympus. He did not want life on

earth to disappear. He sent goddess Iris () to tell Demeter to

return to Olympus. Demeter denied his request. Zeus sent other

gods to beg her to return. Her answer was that she would come back

only if Hades returned Persephone back to her. Zeus did not have

any other solutions. He talked with Hades who agreed to let

Persephone return to her mother for part of the year.

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Goddess Demeter couldnt findher daughter anywhere

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Helios and Demeter, Hades and Persephone

From then on, two thirds of the year Persephone lives withDemeter. This is the time on earth that everything grows. The trees

and plantsare green and they are producing their goods. These are

the seasons of spring, summer and autumn. The rest of the year

Persephone returns to the underworld to live with her husband, and

Demeter, again sad, makes the earth unfruitful. This is the season

ofwinter. With this myth the ancient Greeks explained the cycle of

the seasons.

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Demeter and Persephone enjoy the spring together.THE END

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