In Greek mythology the Rape of Persephone was the tale of the abduction of the springtime goddess Persephone by Hades, king of the underworld. They didn't have a clue for the sudden disappearance of Persephone. When she heard that, Demeter got angry and wanted to take revenge but Helios suggested that it was not such a bad thing for Persephone to be the wife of Hades and queen of the dead.Demeter, however, could not let it gone. The mighty god finally realized that if he wouldn't do something about his wife's wrath, all humanity would disappear. Demeter knows that, no matter what, the law says her daughter must now live with Hades.Zeus was a just and fair god who understood the laws but also needed to take care of the people who were going to be famished by Demeter’s wrath and sadness. Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the earth - the goddess of the harvest. Zeus decided to keep silent about the whole thing to prevent a fight with his brother while Helios wisely thought it better not to get involved in anything that didn't concern him.A distraught and heartbroken Demeter wandered the earth looking for her daughter until her good friend Hecate, goddess of wilderness and childbirth, advised her to seek for the help of Helios, the all-seeing Sun god, in order to find her daughter. She quickly asks her daughter if she had eaten anything while in the underworld. This page contains ancient Greek versions of the tale beginning with an abbridged version of the celebrated Homeric Hymn to Demeter, followed by several minor versions--such as that of Diodorus Siculus--, other ancient synopses, and assorted references. During the six months that Persephone spent in the Underworld, her mother was sad and not in the mood to deal with harvest. Zeus sends his mother, Rhea, down to broker a deal with Demeter. The story of Persephone, the sweet daughter of goddess Demeter who was kidnapped by Hades and later became the Queen of the Underworld, is known all over the world. This alternative pleased none of the two opponents, nevertheless that had no other option but accept it.Thus the lovely maiden Persephone became the rightful wife of Hades and Queen of the Underworld. The earth began to dry up,harvests failed, plants lost their fruitfulness, animals were dying for lack of food and famine spread to the whole earth, resulting in untold misery.The cries of the people who were suffering reached Olympus and the divine ears of Zeus. Instead, he would reside in the underworld, watching over the souls who had died.One day, Persephone was in a meadow picking wildflowers when Hades saw her. After the Olympians had defeated their Titan ancestors, they came to rule the universe. As the goddess of the harvest, Demeter does not allow any vegetation to be produced. She is the daughter of Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest, and Zeus, the Greek god of the sky. When the gathering in front of Zeus took place and Persephone was asked where she would like to live, she answered she wanted to live with her husband. The myth of Persephone was very popular in the ancient times and it is said that her story was represented in the Eleusinian Mysteries, the great private and secret celebrations of ancient Greece.According to Greek Mythology, Persephone, the queen of the underworld, was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. It is actually the way of the ancient Greeks to explain the change of the seasons, the eternal cycle of the Nature's death and rebirth.
He was a hard, middle-aged man, living in the dark, among the shadows of the Dead.