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Persephone / Persipina BY: Benny Paladini Greek Name: Persepho • Persephone/ ne Persipina is the Roman Goddess/Quee n of the Name: Underworld. Persipina • She is married to Persephone’s Parents Demeter/Ceres, Goddess of Harvest Zeus/Jupiter or Jove, God of the Sky and Thunder Persepho ne’s Childhoo d Persephone was born and raised in Olympus. Demeter loved her so much that she wouldn’t let Persephone go out of her sight. Because Zeus was the King of Gods, he didn’t have much time to spend with his daughter. Why is Persephone Queen of the Underworld? Persephone didn’t want to be Queen of the Underworld, but because of her beauty, it caught Hades’ attention. Down she goes Hades thought that she was so gorgeous, that one day, because of his greed, he decided to snatch her and make her his queen. Demeter’s Anger Her mother, Demeter, was so upset when she lost her daughter, that she let out her anger on Earth. All of the flowers and crops died, and the trees lost their leaves. Hermes Demeter then asked if anyone saw Persephone disappear, and was told that she was taken underground. She made Zeus send Hermes, the messenger of the gods, down to hell to retrieve her. Persephone’s Mistake Pomegranate tree Hades had to let Persephone go, but he was smart. Before he let her go, he gave her six pomegranate seeds, and she ate them. Eating “the food of the dead” meant that she had to live there. The Compromise Zeus declared that she had to live in the underworld for six months a year, because she ate six seeds and then for the other months, she could live on the surface with her mother. Winter This is why Earth has it’s seasons. When Persephone is in hell, Demeter is sad, and it becomes fall. Then, the leaves fall off the trees, and winter arrives. Spring Then, when Persephone comes back to Earth’s surface, Demeter becomes happy. Spring has arrived. The flowers sprout from the ground, and the trees grow their leaves back. There are two beliefs about Persephone eating the pomegranate seeds. Most people believe that Persephone was tricked into eating the pomegranate by Hades. Other people say that Persephone ate the seeds on purpose so that she could break away from her mother. Homer’s Stories The Iliad Persephone wasn’t mentioned in The Iliad. The Odyssey During the Odyssey, Odysseus had to go to hell, home of Hades and Persephone, to talk to Teiresias. Teiresias was the only person able to tell Odysseus how to get home to Ithaca. Fun Facts Some of Persephone’s nicknames are Kore and The Maiden. Her name is commonly derived from pherein or phonon. It means “to bring” or “cause death.” Fun Facts There was a temple found in Sozopol that was dedicated to Demeter and her daughter, Persephone. Many artifacts and statues were found in the ruins. The End Questions? Bibliography Regula, DeTraci. "Persephone, Goddess of the Underworld - Fast Facts."About Travel. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015. Stewart, Michael. "Persephone", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant. http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/bios/persephone.html (November 15, 2005) 08 Feb. 2015. D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar Parin. D'Aulaire. D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. Doubleday Book for Young Readers: n.p., 1962. Print. 08 Feb. 2015. "PERSEPHONE : Greek Queen of the Underworld, Goddess of Spring ; Mythology ; Pictures : PROSERPINA." PERSEPHONE : Greek Queen of the Underworld, Goddess of Spring ; Mythology ; Pictures : PROSERPINA. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015. "Persephone." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2014. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2015<http://www.encyclopedia.com>.