Persephone Brought Her Joy As a result, she gave the people good harvests, and life continued to be good. Beautiful young goddesses do not go unnoticed for long. Hermes and Apollo both tried to court her. Apollo even declared that he was in love with her.
Persephone reassures Apollo that he does not love her, only the need to control her and emphasizing again how much she doesn't like him and is in fact afraid of him.
In Greek mythology, Hyacinthus was a Spartan prince of remarkable beauty and a lover of the sun god Apollo.
No, Persephone was not raped by Apollo. Apollo was merely an interested suitor when Persephone became of age and was actively looking for a husband. But Persephone was raped by her father not once, but two times. In both occurrences, she bore a child.
Angered by the insult, Cupid shot him with a golden love arrow causing Apollo to fall in love with the first person he saw. Cupid then shot Daphne with a lead-tipped arrow causing her to be impervious to love. At that moment, Apollo caught sight of Daphne, who was out hunting, and fell in love.
The most celebrated of his loves were the nymph Daphne, princess Koronis (Coronis), huntress Kyrene (Cyrene) and youth Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus). The stories of Apollo's lovers Daphne and Kyrene can be found on their own separate pages--see the Apollo pages sidebar.
Muses, the nine goddesses of arts, poetry, and song were all his lovers.
According to mythology, Hades, god of the Underworld, fell in love with beautiful Persephone when he saw her picking flowers one day in a meadow. The god then carried her off in his chariot to live with him in the dark Underworld.
Adonis was an exceedingly beautiful mortal man with whom Persephone fell in love. After he was born, Aphrodite entrusted him to Persephone to raise.
One version of Persephone's story told by the Roman poet Ovid might suggest she had grown some feelings of affection for Hades in spite of everything.
In the myth, Apollo falls madly in love with Daphne, a woman sworn to remain a virgin. Apollo hunts Daphne who refuses to accept his advances. Right at the moment he catches her, she turns into a laurel tree, a scene famously depicted in Bernini's Apollo and Daphne sculpture.
Daphne was the first love of Apollo, the sun god, the son of Zeus and Leto. Although the sun god Apollo fell in love with many girls many times, Apollo's love for Daphne will always remain in the history of Greek mythology as an eternal one-sided tragic love story.
Asclepius is said to have been Apollo's favorite demigod child. Asclepius became even more skilled in medicine than his father Apollo, most likely because he devoted all of his time to it.
Hades knows what Apollo did to Persephone. Josh joins us on the podcast as we discuss episodes 181-185 of Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe.
Apollo tried to spin he was the victim in the situation; however, Hermes knew he was lying all along and punched Apollo for what he did to Persephone.
Zagreus, in Orphic myth, a divine child who was the son of Zeus (as a snake) and his daughter Persephone.
Hades did not make any of his extramarital affairs a secret. Typically, his affairs would not bother Persephone, but when Minthe arrogantly bragged that she was more beautiful than Persephone and that she would win Hades back, Persephone took revenge.
Zagreus, or “Great Hunter,” was the god of Orphic Mysteries. His birth was the result of a tryst between the goddess Persephone and Zeus when the god disguised himself as a serpent and seduced the Queen of the Underworld.
Thus, Hades was able to trap her in his underground kingdom where he made her his wife. Although at first Persephone was very unhappy in the Underworld, in time she came to love Hades and live happily with him.
Artemis. Artemis is Persephone's roommate and best friend. It was Artemis who defended Persephone from her mother, Demeter, when she claimed that she wanted to move to Olympus. Artemis seems to care for Persephone a lot, and tries her best to look out for her.
Additional facts about Persephone
Persephone and Hades had two children; one daughter, Melinoë,and one son, Zagreus. Melinoë became the goddess of nightmares and madness. Zagreus was a minor Greek god.
Hades: The Most Loyal Greek God
The Greek god Hades is comparatively a better husband than his peer gods. Whilst Zeus and Poseidon – Hades' brothers – are widely known for their affairs, Hades remained loyal to Persephone.
The sharp, gold-tipped arrow pierced the heart of Apollo inflaming his love for Daphne, a beautiful nymph, daughter of the river god Peneus, while the blunt, lead-tipped arrow struck the nymph creating an intense aversion for love in the her heart.
Apollo liked cows…but he liked music more.
Although his sacred animals were the wolf, the raven and the dolphin, Apollo was also known as the god of cowherds and kept (bright red) sacred cows, the finest cattle in the world.