Pluto and Persephone...
- mafiavixen3
- Apr 17, 2018
- 1 min read
Hades obtained his wife and queen, Persephone, through abduction at the behest of Zeus. This myth is the most important one Hades takes part in;[23] it also connected the Eleusinian Mysteries with the Olympian pantheon, particularly as represented in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, which is the oldest story of the abduction, most likely dating back to the beginning of the 6th Century BC.[10] Helios told the grieving Demeter that Hades was not unworthy as a consort for Persephone:
