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.

Her mother, the Greek goddess of agriculture ... for handing over his daughter to Hades. Because of Demeter's distress, she ...

and that becomes the springboard for his first story… Part 2 Persephone is the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the Earth and of the harvest. Hermes relates how one day she is out picking flowers ...

The grief of her distraught mother Demeter – goddess of the harvest – led to a drought which only ended when Zeus, king of the gods, commanded Hades to return Persephone to her mother.