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I love Greek myths. This vase was inspired by the story of Persephone.
Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the earth. Hades, the brother of Zeus and god of the underworld, abducts the young goddess one day as she is gathering flowers by a stream. Demeter goes in search of her daughter, but is unable to find her. Demeter’s grief causes the earth to die—crops fail, and famine comes upon the land. Zeus intervenes and commands Hades to return Persephone.
Reluctant to release her, Hades tricks Persephone into eating six pomegranate seeds (those who eat food of the underworld are destined to remain there). Seeing how upset Persephone is at her fate, Hades concedes that Persephone can spend six months of the year with her mother above ground; the other six months she is destined to spend in the realm of Hades.
To the Greeks, the return of Persephone from the underworld symbolized the return of life in the spring.
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