Persephone

Kore, Maid

Abducted and married by Hades.

Genealogy

Demeter, Styx

Zeus

Demeter (mother)

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Arion, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Bia, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Corinthus, Cratus, Dardanus, Dike, Dionysus, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Helen, Hellen, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Ilithyia, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Nike, Pan, Pelasgus, Perseus, Pollux, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Tityus, Urania, Zelos, Zethus

Hades

Adonis

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Hades
  3. Mount Olympus
  4. Nowhere
  5. Unknown
Events
  1. Persephone is born
  2. Hades abducts Persephone
  3. Persephone is tricked into eating pomegranate seeds from Hades
  4. Alcestis dies in Admetus’ place
  5. Hercules wrestles with Menoetes
  6. Theseus goes to Hades to get Persephone for Pirithous
  7. Aphrodite gives Adonis to Persephone to care for
  8. Persephone refuses to give Adonis back to Aphrodite
  9. Zeus divides Adonis’s year by thirds
  10. Crythansis tells Demeter about the rape of Persephone
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.15
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.12
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.4
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.23
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.34
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 430
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 555
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.4
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.1
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.2
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.3
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 31.1
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.2
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.6
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.1
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.5
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.1
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.2
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.7
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.3
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.5
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.3
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.3
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.4
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.6
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 36.7
  30. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.8
  31. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.4
  32. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.7
  33. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 30.4
  34. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.3
  35. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 20.3
  36. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 26.2
  37. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 21.2
  38. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.2
  39. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 9.2
  40. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.1
  41. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.2
  42. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.5
  43. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.8
  44. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 37.9
  45. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 42.2
  46. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 44.5
  47. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 53.7
  48. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 4.4
  49. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 8.1
  50. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.3
  51. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.4
  52. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.5
  53. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 31.9
  54. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 39.2
  55. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.6
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