Persephone didn't have a "first lover" in the typical sense before Hades; she was abducted by Hades from her mother Demeter's care to become his queen, though some myths mention other suitors like Apollo and Hermes, and later she had lovers like Adonis, but Hades was her primary partner and husband. Her relationship with Hades began as a non-consensual abduction, but evolved into a complex union where she eventually embraced her role as Queen of the Underworld.
Bruce Lincoln argues that the myth is a description of the loss of Persephone's virginity, where her epithet koure signifies "a girl of initiatory age", and where Hades is the male oppressor forcing himself onto a young girl for the first time.
Hades, Lord of the Underworld, had become besotted with her. One day, as Persephone tumbled loosely over hills and into the Vale of Nysa, she picked a flower - and suddenly the ground erupted underneath her. Immediately, she was spirited away into the Underworld and soon married to Hades.
In a few interpretations Hades even cheated on Persephone with Minthe.
Unlike many of the gods, Persephone did not have numerous lovers – only Hades (to whom she gave birth to the Erinyes, according to the Orphic Hymns 29 and 70), Zeus (to whom she birthed Zagreus, according to the Orphic Hymn 29, Hyginus, Diodorus Siculus, Nonnus and Suidas; and Melinoe, according to the Orphic Hymn 71) ...
Ganymede, a beautiful Trojan young man, was aducted by Zeus to serve as his personal cupbearer and lover on mount Olympus among the other gods.
Nerites: Sea-god, male lover of Poseidon, transformed into a shellfish after a dispute. Confirmed lover. 1 demi-god lover.
He's 2000 years old canonically and Persephone is 19. Barely an adult. And I get that they are gods and age wouldn't really matter to them becuz they are gonna be immortal anyway but even other characters have brought up their age gap...
Persephone and her stepson Nico mutually dislike each other, as he is a reminder of Hades' affair with Maria di Angelo, the only lover Hades loved as much as his wife (which can suggest she's just as hostile to her husband's demigod children as Hera is to the demigod spawn of Zeus).
Adonis was a handsome young man and Aphrodite fell deeply in love with him. Persephone was also in love with Adonis, so they went to Zeus to decide who would have the youth's love [see Persephone].
One day Apollo saw Coronis and became enamoured of her. He lay with her in her home, and consequently she became pregnant. One time when Apollo was away performing his godly duties, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. Going against her father's warnings, she slept with him in secret.
Nico's Stepmom
Of Hades's mortal lovers, Persephone especially hated Maria di Angelo. Maria is out of the picture now, but Persephone has stepson Nico as a reminder of Hades's affairs. We've heard that she's been more patient and kind to Nico. If only he could let go of that one time she turned him into a dandelion.
Adonis was a handsome mortal with whom the Greek goddess Aphrodite fell in love. Adonis took many lovers and was closely associated with love, beauty, and lust. After his transition from mortal to god, Adonis was celebrated for his connection to death and rebirth.
Yes, Apollo is widely understood as bisexual in Greek mythology, having significant romantic relationships with both women (like Daphne) and men (most famously Hyacinthus), reflecting the fluid sexuality often attributed to Greek gods who weren't bound by modern heterosexual norms. His varied loves demonstrate that he was attracted to both sexes, making him a prominent figure in discussions of queer themes in mythology, notes.
It was also said that Hera regained her virginity, that is became young again, bathing regularly in the sacred spring of Canathus, near Argos. The Kanathos fountain still exists today, near the nun monastery of Agia Moni, of the XII century, at about three kilometers from the city of Nafplio, Greece.
Persephone is a petite and curvy young woman with pink skin, pink eyes, and pink hair. She prefers her hair cut short into a pixie cut. When sufficiently angry, both her sclera and irises turn a deep red. A halo of flowers will often appear on her head when she is feeling certain emotions, such as love or happiness.
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson universe features prominent LGBTQ+ characters, most notably Nico di Angelo (gay) and Will Solace (bisexual), who become central to the series and star in their own book, The Sun and the Star, with other queer characters appearing across series like Alex Fierro (genderfluid) in Magnus Chase and bisexual Apollo, highlighting expanding diversity within the Riordanverse.
Clarisse La Rue from the Percy Jackson series had a crush on Chris Rodriguez, another demigod at Camp Half-Blood; she showed deep feelings for him, especially after he went mad in the Labyrinth, and they eventually became a couple, notes Fandom and Disney Wiki.
Nico di Angelo
Nico's greatest fear is of someone finding out about his homosexuality. Therefore, he never stayed at either camp for long and didn't make connections of friendship with most people to keep them from finding out, becoming more isolated than any other demigod.
In some traditions, Zagreus (who is considered the first incarnation of Dionysus in the Orphic tradition) is said to be a son of Hades and Persephone. Although he is also sometimes said to be a son of Zeus and Persephone so...it depends on which interpretation you want to go with.
Once married, Hades appears to have stayed faithful, even when Persephone wasn't around. The only other paramour we really know of is Minthe, and it's unsure as to whether or not the affair continued after Hades was married.
On Hades' 6th birthday, Kronos ripped him away from his mother Rhea, whom he was very close to and loved very much. As a result, Hades was left alone for 13 years within Kronos, his only interactions with others being the times that Kronos would often verbally abuse him.
Yes, many Greek gods had male lovers, with the norm being bisexuality, though figures like Zeus (with Ganymede), Apollo (with Hyacinthus), Hermes, Dionysus, and the hero Heracles are famous examples, often involved in pederastic relationships or deep bonds that modern interpretation calls homosexual or bisexual. While gods like Ares, Hades, and Hephaestus had fewer or no male lovers, same-sex relationships were common across the pantheon, with Zeus often cited as the prime example of a powerful god with male paramours.
Poseidon claims Percy is his favorite son but he has at least two other good ones that have been just as Great: Thesus- Great King of Athens who slayed the minotaur (Posiedon's mistake) and did a bunch of other Heroic stuff.
In Ovid, Poseidon rapes Medusa in Athena's temple. In McMullan, Poseidon lures her there under false pretences with the end goal of making romantic advances. In both, Medusa is an innocent victim, and in both Athena is unconcerned with Medusa's lack of complicity and punishes her, not Poseidon.