As we woke to explore the city for another day, we were talking about how roman art and other things are based off Greek mythology, and it's a trip to say the least. There are so many hook ups and break ups, they are like, as one news reporter said, "serial adultists". There are six major gods that every knows about. Zeus, ruler of the sky, Hades, ruler of the underworld, Posieden, ruler of the sea, Aphrodite, goddess of love, Athena, goddess of wisdom, and Hera, goddess of marriage.
Our docent was super cool and super easy to talk to. As we walked walked through the city in all its grandeur while chompin' down on some delicious strawberry and banana gelato he told us the story of how Persephone become the wife of Hades, and it goes something like this.
Hades is the God of wealth and ruler of the dead. Hades was happy with with earth because all the riches belonged to him and sooner or later every mortal would eventually come to him. The problem was that his domain, the caves, were dark and depressing so his fellow gods did not like his company. Over the years Hades became jealous of the progress of his brothers and there women. Persephone was unlike Hades in every way possible, but of course dignity would not let Hades chase or talk to her. Hades thought that he deserved a queen. One day Persephone was out with her maidens just happy and being joyful for being alive, all of a sudden the ground cracked and four black horses raced out with Hades at reins. Hades captured Persephone and took her back to his domain and the cracked closed behind them. Hades gave her tour where disembodied souls flickered like candle flames, then he crowned her on an ebony thrown rusted with the souls of the dead. When Demeter heard the news she wept as she walked across the earth and everything died. So Hades turned to his only friend Hermes (the bringer of souls to Hades, so he would take her back to Demeter). As Hades packed farewell gifts for Persephone, Hermes walked with Persephone in her underground garden. He gave her a pomegranate (fruit of the dead) and excited ate SIX, and forever belonged to the land of the dead. Zeus tries fix things now and he rules that Persephone is to live with Demeter six months of the year and Hades six months of the year. Thus spring, summer, winter, and fall.
These guys are off the hook, man what interesting tale and there is plenty more where that came from. This is Nicholas Banford a.k.a. Van wilder signing off with your Roman Report /=~)))))))))))
Hades is the God of wealth and ruler of the dead. Hades was happy with with earth because all the riches belonged to him and sooner or later every mortal would eventually come to him. The problem was that his domain, the caves, were dark and depressing so his fellow gods did not like his company. Over the years Hades became jealous of the progress of his brothers and there women. Persephone was unlike Hades in every way possible, but of course dignity would not let Hades chase or talk to her. Hades thought that he deserved a queen. One day Persephone was out with her maidens just happy and being joyful for being alive, all of a sudden the ground cracked and four black horses raced out with Hades at reins. Hades captured Persephone and took her back to his domain and the cracked closed behind them. Hades gave her tour where disembodied souls flickered like candle flames, then he crowned her on an ebony thrown rusted with the souls of the dead. When Demeter heard the news she wept as she walked across the earth and everything died. So Hades turned to his only friend Hermes (the bringer of souls to Hades, so he would take her back to Demeter). As Hades packed farewell gifts for Persephone, Hermes walked with Persephone in her underground garden. He gave her a pomegranate (fruit of the dead) and excited ate SIX, and forever belonged to the land of the dead. Zeus tries fix things now and he rules that Persephone is to live with Demeter six months of the year and Hades six months of the year. Thus spring, summer, winter, and fall.
These guys are off the hook, man what interesting tale and there is plenty more where that came from. This is Nicholas Banford a.k.a. Van wilder signing off with your Roman Report /=~)))))))))))
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