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The Ancient Greeks: The Great Persephone
The Great Persephone
Have you ever wondered how the ancient greeks explained the world's mysterious actions. Persephone is one of the goddess that were made to help the greeks understand the natural and otherworldly events. Persephone holds the responsibility of changing the seasons. When she is with her mother on earth it is summer or spring and when she is with Hades it is winter or fall, this is only one of the major things that she controls.

Persephone is a minor god but, she is just as important as many major gods and goddess. “Persephone (aka Kore) was the Greek goddess of vegetation, especially grain, and the wife of Hades with whom she rules the Underworld.(Persephone,1) Vegetation and the seasons were what she was most known for.

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