Hades_and_Persephone.ppt

Hades and Persephone Characters: Hades (Pluto): Characters: Persephone (Proserpine ): Characters: Demeter (Ceres) : Story: Zeus, Poseidon , Hades, drew lots for the division of cosmos. Hades got the third portion, the underworld, as his domain. Hades desired a bride and asked Zeus to grant him one . Zeus offered him Persephone. Hades abducted Persephone. Character Analysis of Hades and Persephone Hades : Character Analysis of Hades and Persephone Persephone： Character Analysis of Hades and Persephone Demeter： What nature does this story explain? * king of the underground; god of death and the dead; god of the hidden wealth of the earth; goddess queen of the underworld; wife of the god Hades; daughter of the goddess Demeter; goddess of the spring growth; goddess of agriculture, grain, and bread; Zeus’s sister; Persephone’s mother; Video 1 Video 2 、Horrible 、 impartial and highly disciplined 、violent 、 immoral 、 greedy 、 cruel and inhumane 、sinister and cunning 、 Beautiful and demure 、 Na?ve and gullible 、Her strong and deep maternal love 、Her perseverance and persistence 、 Her great power and influence The ancient Greek believed that Demeter was responsible for the changing of seasons. And Persephone’s disappearance started the circle. Since Persephone had tasted three pomegranate seeds of the underworld, she had to spend three months every year in the underworld, one month for every seed she ate, and the rest year she could spend with her mother. When Persephone was down the underworld, Demeter didn’t give fertility to earth, and this period was what Greek understood as winter. When Persephone returned to her mother, Demeter was joyous and that was why we had spring and summer. *