Persephone Research Paper

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Persephone was the beautiful goddess of spring time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Persephone had long blonde flowing hair and blue eyes. She loved flowers and spent a lot of time picking them. One day while picking flowers she was taken by Hades, God of the underworld. Hades married Persephone. While living in the underground her hair got darker and her eyes did the same. Demeter being devastated that Persephone was gone, stopped all plants from blooming and made winter on earth. Zeus couldn’t let earth die, so he allowed Persephone to return home to earth for a period of time each year. Upon Persephone’s return to earth flowers bloomed and crops needed harvesting. The earth was alive with new growth, springtime when