What did Persephone do to Minthe?

Mythology. The Naiad nymph Minthe became concubine to Hades. In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
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Did Hades cheat on Persephone with Minthe?

Hades did not make any of his extramarital affairs a secret. Typically, his affairs would not bother Persephone, but when Minthe arrogantly bragged that she was more beautiful than Persephone and that she would win Hades back, Persephone took revenge. Persephone turned Minthe into what we know today as the mint plant.
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Why did Persephone turns Minthe into a plant?

When she claimed to be superior to his wife Persephone, the angry goddess transformed her into a mint plant. The mint was probably used in ancient funerary rites to mask the smell of the dead and so came to be regarded as a sacred plant of Haides.
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Did Hades love Minthe more than Persephone?

Minthe boasted of being more beautiful than Persephone, and that Hades would soon take her back. In anger over the hubris directed toward her daughter, Demeter trampled Minthe and turned her into mint. Theophile was a girl who claimed that Hades loved her and that she was better than Persephone.
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How did Persephone feel about Minthe?

Persephone Turns Minthe Into a Plant

When Persephone saw Minthe and Hades together, she was extremely jealous. Rather than simply get upset and explain to Hades how unhappy she was about this, she decided to take revenge instead. She started off by confronting Minthe and stepping on her with all her strength.
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Minthe the Nymph, Greek Mythology



Did Apollo sleep with Persephone?

No, Persephone was not raped by Apollo. Apollo was merely an interested suitor when Persephone became of age and was actively looking for a husband. But Persephone was raped by her father not once, but two times. In both occurrences, she bore a child.
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Was Hades abusive to Persephone?

Because Hades is only depicted as a predator in this myth, there is this desire to “redeem” him and pain his actions as a result of sorrow or a misunderstanding. However, in every version of the story, Hades kidnaps her—violently, and that is abusive, even if she forgives him for it.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Who was Minthe to Hades?

Minthe lover of Hades

One version tells of Minthe being a lover of Hades, before the god of the Underworld decided to make Persephone his wife. When Persephone was abducted, Minthe was cast aside by Hades.
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How many people has Hades slept with?

He has over 115 girlfriends and over 140 kids. Hades on the other hand is the god of the underworld, the ruler of the dead. His wife is Persephone.
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How did Hades meet Minthe?

The two meet at work and while Minthe tries to be playful about not coming to the party, Hades is upset and the two argue before Hecate walks in. She then discovers an article with a picture of Persephone leaving the Hades' house which causes her to confront him out of jealously and anger.
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Did Aphrodite sleep with Hades?

Portrayed as both insatiable and unattainable, Aphrodite was born near the coast of Cythera out of the foam (aphros) Uranus' castrated genitals created when they fell into the sea. Even though married to Hephaestus, she had affairs with all Olympians except Zeus and Hades, most famously with Ares, the god of war.
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Did Hades marry his niece?

Yes, Hades was married to his niece, Persephone. Persephone's mother was the goddess Demeter. Demeter and Hades were siblings.
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Does Hera ever cheat on Zeus?

Zeus set a decree that the gods were not allowed to interfere in the mortal war. Hera is on the side of the Achaeans, so she plans a Deception of Zeus where she seduces him, with help from Aphrodite, and tricks him into a deep sleep, with the help of Hypnos, so that the Gods could interfere without the fear of Zeus.
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Who did Persephone love?

Persephone & Hades

According to mythology, Hades, god of the Underworld, fell in love with beautiful Persephone when he saw her picking flowers one day in a meadow.
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Who is the god of poop?

Sterculius is the god in question. He's Roman, not Greek. And “feces” is kind of stretching a point. He was the god, actually, of manure.
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Who is the god of stupidity?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name. Sometimes it is referred to as a dæmon, more of a spirit and minor deity.
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Who was the prettiest goddess?

Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and there are many tales of how she could encourage both Gods and humans to fall in love with her.
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Why did Zeus let Hades take Persephone?

Because Hades had deceivingly tricked the young Persephone into eating the pomegranate, he was commanded to allow Persephone to visit her poor mother above his domain. In return, Zeus promised a binding deal that allowed Hades to have Persephone a month for each seed she had eaten.
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Is Persephone a victim?

In popular culture, Athena isn't known as the war goddess she was, but the goddess of wisdom, known for popping up and giving heroes advice. Persephone is a victim, not a queen, Hera is a jealous lunatic, not the God-Queen, Aphrodite is painted as a whore.
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How did Hades seduce Persephone?

Hades resolved to abduct the maiden. Persephone was gathering flowers one day on a plain in Sicily. Hades suddenly appeared, thundering across the plain in his four-horse chariot. The god swooped down upon Persephone, scooped her up with one arm, and literally and figuratively deflowered her?
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Did Zeus seduce Persephone?

Persephone was seduced by Zeus when he took the shape of her abductor/husband, Hades. Kallisto of Arkadia (southern Greece) was seduced by Zeus in the form of Artemis. In anger, Artemis transformed her into a bear, and she bore a son, Arkas.
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Does Persephone get raped in lore Olympus?

Unknown to Artemis, the first night Apollo met Persephone, he sexual assault Persephone by going into her room while she slept. Persephone did try to tell Artemis about what Apollo did to her that night, but held back, worried it would hurt their relationship.
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Why does Persephone's hair grow?

Her hair, which dissolves into flower petals when cut, is connected to her emotional state -- growing abnormally fast in moments of extreme stress or excitement. She can control the length of her hair when calm, but usually prefers to keep her hair cut short into a pixie cut.
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Who raped Persephone Olympus?

One of the most important story threads in the entire comic is the rape of Persephone by the sun god Apollo. In Lore Olympus, Persephone is introduced as a sheltered young woman who is entering college and the great wide world of Olympus after spending her life under the protection of her mother, Demeter.
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