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1、PersephoneAbstractInGreekMythology,PersephonealsocalledKore,isthedaughterofZeusandtheharvest-goddessDemeter,andqueenoftheunderworld.Shewasalsothegoddessofspringgrowth,whowasworshippedalongsidehermotherDemeterintheEleusinianMysteries.Thisagricultural-basedcultpromisedits
2、initiatespassagetoablessedafterlife.Keywords:PersephonegoddessunderworldPersephoneisthegoddessoftheunderworldinGreekmythology.ShewastheonlychildoftheunionofDemeter(goddessofthebountifulharvest)andZeus,themightykingoftheOlympians.ShewasbornwhenDemeterwasZeus’consort,long
3、beforehismarriagetothegoddessHera.ByallaccountsPersephonehadanidyllicchildhood,raisedbyhernurturingmotherandplayedwithherfather’sotherdaughters,theGreekgoddessesAthenaandAphrodite.Alwaysacheerfulandcompliantchild,thelittlegoddessPersephonewasaparent’sdream.Likehermother
4、,Persephoneisanaturegoddess,butherprovinceisnotthesurfaceoftheearthbuttheinterior.Hencesheisagoddessoftheunconscious,ofintuitionandmystery.Hersymbolisthebatandthepomegranate.UnlikeeveryotheroffspringofanOlympianpairingofdeities,PersephonehasnostablepositionatOlympus.Per
5、sephoneusedtolivefarawayfromtheotherdeities.IntheOlympiantelling,thegodsHermes,Ares,Apollo,andHephaestus,hadallwooedPersephone;butDemeterrejectedalltheirgiftsandhidherdaughterawayfromthecompanyoftheOlympiandeities.Thus,Persephonelivedapeacefullifebeforeshebecamethegodde
6、ssoftheunderworld,which,accordingtoOlympianmythologists,didnotoccuruntilHadesabductedherandbroughtherintoit.Shewasinnocentlypickingflowerswithsomenymphs,theHomerichymnsays,inafieldinEnnawhenHadescametoabducther,burstingthroughacleftintheearth.Later,thenymphswerechangedb
7、yDemeterintotheSirensfornothavinginterfered.AccordingtoGreekmythologyPersephone’slifewassoontochange.Assignsofwomanlybeautybegantoshinealongsideherchildlikeinnocence,theadolescentgoddessPersephoneunwittinglyattractedtheattentionoftheGreekgodHades,brotherofZeusandrulerof
8、theunderworld.OnecanhardlyblameHadesbecausetheunderworld,inGreekmythology,wastherealmofthesleepingandthedead.I
