The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual ...

In ancient myth, the union of Hades and Persephone in the Underworld was said to cause the changing of the seasons. Persephone’s divine mother, Demeter, goddess of the harvest and fertility ...

Demeter was thought to have power over agriculture, and her daughter, Persephone, was thought to bring warm weather in her wake when she returned every May from wintering in Hades. To this day, the ...