Persephone, who had fallen in love with her captor and was now Queen of the Underworld, missed her mother and the world above, and knew that if she ate or drank anything there, she would have to ...

Hermes relates how one day she is out picking flowers when Hades, god of the underworld, comes to the upper world and sees her. Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground ...