What was Persephone known for?

Persephone is known for being the Greek goddess of agriculture, grain, and vegetation. She was infamously abducted by the god Hades and made to live a part of the year in the Underworld.

What is the significance of the Persephone myth?

The significance of the Persephone myth is perhaps the changing seasons and the perennial change from life to death, to life once more, in particular, the change from summer to winter and the return of life in spring.

Is Persephone in love with Hades?

Persephone was not in love with Hades but was taken by force to the Underworld where the god rules.

Persephone

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Definition

Persephone (aka Kore) was the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation, especially grain, and the wife of Hades, the ruler of the Underworld. Persephone was an important element of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Thesmophoria festival and so the goddess was worshipped throughout the Greek world. Persephone frequently appears in all forms of Greek art and literature.

More about: Persephone

Timeline

c. 1500 BCE
First temple to Demeter & Persephone is built at Eleusis.
c. 700 BCE
Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
c. 600 BCE
The Eleusinian Mysteries become part of the official Athenian religious calendar.