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A fresco showing Hades and Persephone riding in a chariot, from the tomb of Queen Eurydice I of Macedon at Vergina, Greece, 4th century BC Persephone was worshipped along with her mother Demeter and in the same mysteries.
Persephone, the daughter of Demeter and Zeus, was the wife of Hades and the Queen of the Underworld. She was a dual deity, since, in addition to presiding over the dead with intriguing autonomy, as the daughter of Demeter, she was also a goddess of fertility.
PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides (Hades). She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries. This agricultural-based cult promised its initiates passage to a blessed afterlife.
21 Σεπ 2024 · Persephone, in Greek religion, daughter of Zeus, the chief god, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture; she was the wife of Hades, king of the underworld.
8 Μαρ 2021 · According to Greek legends, Hades abducted Persephone to marry her. The marriage had been arranged by Zeus, the king of the gods and in some versions Persephone’s father. Because her mother, Demeter, would object, however, Zeus hid his plans from her.
17 Νοε 2020 · Symbols and Depictions of Persephone. In almost all cases, Persephone was seen as the queen of the Underworld – the dominion of Greek god Hades. She is often depicted wearing a beautiful robe. And to symbolize her position in the Underworld, she can be seen carrying a scepter and a sheaf of wheat.
Persephone appears in the Iliad simply as the queen of the nether world and wife of Hades. The myth of her abduction was first narrated by Hesiod. The gods, Hermes, Ares, Dionysus and Apollo all courted her. Demeter rejected all their gifts and hid her daughter away from the company of the gods.
