Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, had one wife. He married Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. Hades fell in love with Persephone on one of his rare visits aboveground and spirited her away to his realm. Distressed by her daughter’s disappearance, Demeter neglected her duties and caused a famine. After Hades was identified as Persephone’s captor, it was discovered that Persephone had eaten one or more pomegranate seeds during her captivity, tying her to the underworld. She eventually spent part of the year with her mother and the rest of it with Hades in the underworld. In Greek mythology this served to explain seasonal change.
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