In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.

It makes us look at these stories from Greek mythology with a new perspective. In the traditional narrative, Persephone is ...

Ancient Athens celebrated the Spring Equinox as one of the most important feasts, a celebration of resurrection following ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

where he watches offerings being made to the goddess Demeter, and that becomes the springboard for his first story… Part 2 Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the Earth and of the ...

You can now get a first look video of Merle Dandridge as ‘Persephone’ performing ‘Living It Up on Top’ in Hadestown Broadway.