Ancient Greek Myth: The Story Of The Seasons

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In the Ancient Greek myth, “The Story of the Seasons”, there was a very pretty girl named Persephone that let the joy of flowers everywhere she stepped. In the beginning of the story, Persephone was a girl with a very joyful and loving personality because she was always helping people and walking in nature. Persephone was gathering flowers when suddenly the ground split open. Hades, the god of the underworld, raised from the ground. Hades got the terrified girl and they went into the ground. Persephone was crying for help as the ground closed. As the ground was closing back, Persephone’s screams could no longer be heard on earth. This means that no one on earth could hear her screaming . Hades was giving Persephone black marbles, gold, and

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