Who tried to sleep with Persephone?

Hesiod, Theogony 912 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "He [Zeus] came to the bed of all-nourishing Demeter, and she bare white-armed Persephone whom Aidoneus [Haides] carried off from her mother; but wise Zeus gave her to him."
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Who did Persephone sleep with?

Persephone is the wife of Hades. Persephone was raped by her father, Zeus, twice, and bore two kids by him.
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Did Persephone sleep with Ares?

Although the two love each other deeply, they are not exclusive and openly sleep with multiple partners. Ares kisses Persephone in the mortal realm and later flirts with her in the house he shares with Aphrodite. There appears to be an unspoken rule for Aphrodite to never sleep with Ares' Father, Zeus.
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Who tried kidnapping Persephone?

Pirithous instead took a higher risk and decided to kidnap Persephone, wife of Hades. While in the Underworld, the two men sat on a rock to rest and realised they were unable to stand when they saw the Furies come for them.
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Who fell in love with Persephone?

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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Hades and Persephone: The Abduction Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld - Greek Mythology



Did Hades ever cheat on Persephone?

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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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 tries to save Persephone?

In an earlier version, Hecate rescued Persephone. On an Attic red-figured bell krater of c. 440 BC in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Persephone is rising as if up stairs from a cleft in the earth, while Hermes stands aside; Hecate, holding two torches, looks back as she leads her to the enthroned Demeter.
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Who tried to rescue Persephone from Hades?

Pirithous, also spelled Peirithous, in Greek mythology, the son of Ixion and the companion and helper of the hero Theseus in his many adventures, including the descent into Hades to carry off Persephone, the daughter of the goddess Demeter.
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Why did pirithous kidnap Persephone?

Punishment in the Underworld

Thus, Pirithous and Theseus pledged to carry off daughters of Zeus; Theseus chose Helen of Sparta and together they kidnapped her when she was 13 years of age and decided to hold on to her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous chose a more dangerous prize: Persephone herself.
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What did Eris do to Persephone?

When she begged Zeus to only punish her and spare Persephone, Eris mockingly states she wished for a mother who loved her as much as Demeter loved Persephone. Eris then demands Demeter tell the story of Persephone's birth and the blessings she received from the Goddesses.
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Who was prettier than Aphrodite?

Psyche was a young princess from Sicily, famous for her extraordinary beauty. According to legend, she was even more beautiful than Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.
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What did Aphrodite do to Persephone?

Aphrodite makes Hades fall in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the crops. He snatches her while she is picking flowers in a meadow with a nymph and takes her down to the Underworld.
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Why does Persephone's hair grow?

She's capable of creating life in Tartarus, where nothing is meant to live. Persephone's hair can grow to great lengths depending on her emotional state. Once cut, the strands burst into petals. In times of stress or great emotion, a flower crown (or a crown of red thorns if angry) will materialize on her head.
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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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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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Was Hecate and Persephone friends?

Hecate became one of Persephone's closest friends when she would return from the Underworld. As Hecate is associated with night, she often shows up with many different goddesses specifically Selene, the goddess of the moon, and Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.
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Did Persephone have suitors?

The abduction from Hades

She was also called Kore, which means "maiden" and grew up to be a lovely girl attracting the attention of many gods. However, Demeter had an obsessed love for her only daughter and kept all men away from her. The most persisting suitor of Persephone was Hades, the god of the Underworld.
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Does Persephone actually love Hades?

Some say Persephone grew to love Hades

It seems hard to imagine she would fall in love with her kidnapper. But in many stories Hades treated Persephone like the queen she was, doting on her day and night and allowing her to flourish.
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Who is Persephone's child?

Most probably, Persephone didn't have any children with Hades, but unlike her celestial counterpart Hera, she didn't have any problems with her husband's fidelity either. One of the few half-exceptions is the story of the nymph Minthe, who may have been Hades' mistress before he abducted Persephone.
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How did Hades seduce Persephone?

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—leaving the plain scattered with blossoms of every color.
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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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Did Persephone love Adonis?

However, Persephone, too, fell dearly in love with Adonis and refused to give him up when Aphrodite came for him. There was a bitter argument and Zeus had to intervene to prevent a disastrous argument between the two.
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How old is Persephone now?

Hear me out. He's 2000 years old canonically and Persephone is 19. Barely an adult.
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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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