![]() Later Persephone learned that eating anything from the underworld would bind her fate with Hades and the underworld.When Hades heard the message from Hermes, he allowed Persephone to go back to her mother but not without forcing her to eat pomegranate seeds.Seeing Demeter in distress and the lands grow barren, Zeus decided to send his son, Hermes, to bring Persephone back from the underworld.Many gods came to request Demeter to take her curse back but Demeter refused to yield until she met her daughter again.Demeter, the goddess of food also presided over the sacred law and the cycle of life and death, therefore, when she learned about the abduction of her daughter, she cast a curse on earth and a great famine took over the lands.Zeus knew that Demeter would never agree to the union of her daughter and the king of the underworld, hence Zeus allowed Hades to take Persephone to the underworld against her will.Hades had madly fallen in love with Persephone and desired her hand in marriage. Persephone was the daughter of Zeus, the chief of gods, and Demeter, the goddess of food and harvest.Hades was the only deity in Greek Mythology who is said to have never resided on Mount Olympus. Hades did not feel satisfied by what he had received but since he had little choice, he moved to his new realm.Zeus ruled the skies, Poseidon ruled the sea and the solid land, whereas Hades received the underworld. The three brothers divided the realms of their father’s leadership after the victory.The conflict lasted for 10 years but ultimately the younger gods had defeated the older gods and confined them to Tartarus.Afterward with the help of Cyclops and Hecatonchires, Zeus and his siblings fought the War of the Titans.First the stone was gorged out and then his five siblings. When Zeus grew up, he gave an emetic to his father and forced him to pour out the 5 children from his stomach in reverse order.He was hidden in a cave with dancers who clapped loudly whenever the baby cried. However, Rhea had given Cronus a rock bundled in clothes in place of Zeus. ![]() To prevent this prophecy from coming true Cronus decided to eat all of his children.
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