The central myth about Hades involves his abduction and rape of Persephone, daughter of Demeter. The earliest recounting of this myth comes from the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed sometime in ...

Demeter was one of the twelve Olympian gods believed by the ancient Greeks to rule over the cosmos. She was the sister of Zeus and patron goddess of agriculture. She was commonly depicted wearing a ...

Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

Students from the AHEPA Greek School in Melbourne perform the radio-edition of the ancient Greek myth of Persephone as part of the SBS Greek podcast series "Students and Children Perform Roles in ...

Demeter makes everything grow In the first programme of the series we meet the goddess Demeter - mother of Persephone - who makes the crops grow. In the third programme of the series Hades takes ...