One of the two tricks that Hades played on Persephone was a very devious and maliciously planned trick. The trick was initiated when he put a flower down in the meadow that Persephone and her friends were in. Persephone had wandered off, away from her friends, and then she saw it. The flower that urged Persephone to pick it because it was unlike any other. She wanted to be the one to show the other girls the alluring flower. According to the text, Persephone wanted to pick the flower because “It was a flower so beautiful that none like it had ever been known.” Persephone thought it was best if she reached out to grab it, and she did, but “the earth opened in front of her, and she found herself caught in a stranger’s arms.” In doing so, Hades
