Persephone Myth Essay

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The etiological aspect of the Persephone myth is the changing of the seasons. Because she ate the fruit that Hade’s had given her she had to spend a third of the year in the underworld. She would rise to live with the Gods every springs.
The etiological aspect of the Demeter myth explains the growing of grain. When Demeter finally got her daughter back she gave the king and his men of the city she was in Keleos, Triptolemos, Diokles and Eumolpos to grow and ensure the crops never failed again.

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