The story of how Hades kidnapped Persephone, goddess of spring, is one of the most oft-told stories from Greek mythology.

Ancient Greeks believed in supernatural causes for almost all events and attributed them to the goddess Tyche. The Romans ...

Some fans speculate that Persephone might not be the typical Olympian goddess that we have known at all. Instead, suggestions ...

Necromancy in ancient Greece referred to calling up the souls of the dead to consult with them for oracular purposes.

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

where he watches offerings being made to the goddess Demeter, and that becomes the springboard for his first story… Part 2 Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the Earth and of the ...

The play’s title is derived from Kore, "girl" in Greek, which was the goddess’s name before she was dragged to Hades and renamed “the destroyer of light” (Persephone). In the mythic layer ...