Bundy 0.1 Allyson Bundy Mr. B English 9 February 2018 Persephone, Queen of the Underworld The story of how Persephone became the Queen of the Underworld is an interesting one. This was a unique story, and that is why I chose Persephone to write my research paper on. In short terms, she became the Queen of the underworld when she was kidnapped by Hades. There are a lot more details to the story though. Persephone, otherwise known as Kore, and according to the She was the goddess of vegetation and grain. She mostly gets that from her mother, Demeter. This is how Persephone became the Queen of the Underworld. Persephone’s parents are Zeus and Demeter, but Demeter cares more about her. Persephone is like Demeter’s prize possession, so she protects her daughter at all times. She was like the sun in the dark night.When Demeter isn 't able to take care of her daughter, the Earth nymphs take care of her instead.. She looks almost identical to her mother, but she had Zeus’ blue eyes. Her mother takes care of the earth 's vegetation, so she really didn 't have a purpose. She just lived her life as calm as a brook. Unfortunately, that took a dark turn unexpectedly. Long before Zeus married Hera, he had his eyes set on Demeter. He was just one many gods that were going after her. One day when she was in the fields, as usual. Zeus thought this Bundy 0.2 would be the perfect time to confess his love. He appeared to her and said, “I love you, will you marry me?” or something