Persephone

associated with evil or being demonic, worshipers still were sullen when hearing his name and while making a sacrifice, they would avert their eyes to avoid any reference to the Underworld. (Cotterell, Arthur & Storm, Rachel 47 pg.) Even his wife Persephone, Goddess of spring growth didn’t want to be married to the God of the dead in fact, she was stolen by Hades when she was playing in a meadow on a sunny day. Not known to ever travel to the realm of the living, the God of the Underworld…

role in their community is not as powerfully depicted as the man’s. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, the abduction of Persephone without Demeter’s consent is similar to practices of arranged marriages. However, in contrast to the perceived norms, Demeter challenges Zeus and demands to wreck havoc on the gods if Persephone is not returned. The unfortunate series of events for Persephone unfolds when she is the most vulnerable. Her mother has no ideas regarding who or what kidnapped her daughter.…

worlds and alter her form to appear as an elderly woman” (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/demeterc.htm). She did not have many enemies, but she did not like, nor did she tolerate those who would not help her when she tried to find her daughter, Persephone. Demeter was an influential goddess with many characteristics, and a unique…

Hades wanted a bride. No. He only had one girl in mind: Persephone. She’s the only girl that he desired. Hades didn’t care that she was his niece, after all marrying and having lovers in the family was common for Greek gods. And Persephone’s parents were Demeter and Zeus, which were related as siblings. Everyday he observed her as she went about her day. And everyday he wanted to stop her and profess his love for her. Although, deep in the back of his mind he knew that Demeter would never allow…

Demeter was the goddess of harvest, grains and the fertility of the earth. She was also known as a goddess of scared law and the cycle of life and death. Her parents were Cronus and Rhea. Her daughter was Persephone but was stolen by the underworld which is known as Hades and his wife. Although she searched and searched for her she never found her. Her anger lead to putting a curse on the Earth. While Demeter grieved from the loss of her daughter the earth became a baron and she forgot all about…

Sylvia Plath’s “Morning Song” explores a mother’s complex emotions towards her newborn child after giving birth for the first time. Although motherhood is often regarded as a joyous event that gives a woman’s life purpose and meaning, “Morning Song” instead depicts motherhood as a complicated event fraught with uncertainty and fear, but also with love and affection. Rather than expressing overwhelming love and happiness, the mother in the poem feels distant from her child and gradually learns to…

Athenian sculptor, Leochares, created Diana of Versailles in 325 BCE to honor Artemis who is the Greek Goddess of hunting, wilderness, and childbirth. The Romans later created a marble copy of the sculpture in the Imperial Roman period to honor Diana, the Roman Goddess of hunting, the moon, and childbirth. The statue currently resides on display at the Louvre in Paris, France (Ancient Greek & Roman Sculpture). Artemis, the daughter of Leto and Zeus, is a principal Greek God who spends most of…

Marissa Carlson Ms.Hickey Latin I Roman Myths April 26th, 2017 Roman Mythology Roman Mythology is similar to Ggreek mythology, most of the Romans gods and goddess were named afteras planets as we think of it., in the modern viewpoint, however tThe planet names came from rome's god and goddess names not the other way around. The main focus of this paper is the roman myths of Echo and Faunus, Echo and Juno, and the story of Ceres and Proserpina and the reason for the seasons and who the different…

Zeus: Here I mad a quote expressing how Zeus had many wifes by talking about all the girls he is meeting up with “My schedule goes as follows, later today I have a date with Hera, than tomorrow I have a date Metis, than I have a date with Demeter on Saturday and the next day I have to go out and meet with Themis.” Hades: Here I express how lonely Hades get without any company in the Underworld and his jealousy towards his siblings “More dead souls, why did Zeus give me the…

Natasha Trethewey’s poem Myth is an emotional piece, published in her prize winning poetry book, Native Guard, in 2007. Natasha Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, where she was raised with her mother and father, a mixed race couple who ended up divorcing when she was six years old. After the divorce, she moved to Georgia to live with her mother, and spent the summers with her father. During this period of her life was when she began to understand the complex life of her mother and…