The myth of Hades and Persephone - Iseult Gillespie

Summary by Krater

This animated video tells the Greek myth of Demeter, Persephone, and Hades, explaining how Persephone's abduction to the underworld and subsequent time spent there created the changing seasons.

From the video

Answers: What is the Greek myth behind the changing of the seasons?

• Greek mythology
• Demeter and Persephone
• Abduction of Persephone
• Hades and the underworld
• Origin of the seasons

What it concludes

• Persephone's abduction by Hades caused Demeter to neglect her duties, resulting in famine on Earth.
• Persephone ate a few pomegranate seeds in the underworld, binding her to Hades forever.
• Demeter and Zeus agreed that Persephone would spend two-thirds of every year in the land of the living and the remainder in the underworld, marking the transition of the seasons.