The myth of Triptolemus presents him as a hero of agriculture, reflecting ancient Greece’s role as a cradle of early Neolithic civilization.

Niagara University students — including a Fredonia resident — had the unique opportunity to learn more about the university’s ...

The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature announced on 23 July a distinguished longlist of 11 writers competing ...

The purge of Persephone is upon us—an abduction of light, a descent into an academic winter. The numbers tell a chilling story: only 37% of Americans trust our universities today. That's a 20-point ...

On Friday, May 16th, Ceres enters Aries — here, the asteroid of loss and deliverance will reign and remain for nearly a year, until March 2026.

One of the most interesting stories in ancient Greek mythology is the abduction of Persephone by Hades. For a long time, this story has stood as a symbol for both the changing of the seasons and for ...

Demeter is the Greek equivalent of Ceres, and as the myth goes, the goddess of the grain endured the abduction of her daughter Persephone by underworld death daddy Hades.

Myths may also involve gods and goddesses. For instance, the Greek myth of “ the Abduction of Persephone by Hades ” explained the changing of the seasons.

Persephone’s divine mother, Demeter, goddess of the harvest and fertility, was so devastated by her daughter’s abduction by Hades that no plants would grow.

As the opera goes on, the sirens re-enact the abduction of Persephone, encounter (and battle) their favored sisters the Muses, and leave no rock unturned to plumb the depths of their own origins in ...

Like a Thanksgiving or harvest festival, the Thesmophoria was a three-day, strictly women-only event. It celebrated the end of the harvest season and gave thanks for the abundance of crops and ...

Persephone’s abduction left her devastated, trapped in a world of shadows. She repeatedly pleaded with Hades to release her, but escape from the underworld was impossible. Meanwhile, her mother, ...