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Who did Persephone love?
Hades
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. The god then carried her off in his chariot to live with him in the dark Underworld.
Who did Persephone sleep with?
29 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : “Plouton (Pluto) [Haides] fell in love with Persephone, and with Zeus’ help secretly kidnapped her. Demeter roamed the earth over in search of her, by day and by night with torches.
Who did Persephone cheat with?
Affair with Adonis Both goddesses taking turns raising the boy, shuffling him back and forth between Aphrodite’s palace on Cyprus and Hades’ Palace. The child would eventually grow up into the most handsome man in the world. By this time, the two goddesses fell in love with Adonis and began fighting over him.
Who was Persephone jealous of?
Fun fact: Persephone gets jealous of Minthe in the greek mythology so she turns her into a mint plant.
Did Hades sleep with Minthe?
Minthe. Minthe was a nymph of Cocytus who became Hades’ mistress. In anger over the hubris directed toward her daughter, Demeter trampled Minthe and turned her into mint.
Who tried to steal Persephone from Hades?
The two friends decided to kidnap two daughters of Zeus; Theseus kidnapped Helen of Sparta, who being thirteen years old, was then given to Theseus’ mother Aethra. Pirithous instead took a higher risk and decided to kidnap Persephone, wife of Hades.
Did Hades have a son?
Hades was said to be infertile as not being able to sire children should be part of his nature as the ruler over the dead. He did have children, however, birthed by Persephone. Accordingly, Hades’ children were Macaria, Melinoe [Hecate] and Zagreus. Gods and men alike detested Hades.
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.
Did Hades have any affairs?
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.