Archaeologists with the Greek Ministry of Culture say it's now clear the mosaic depicts a famous scene from Greek mythology: the abduction of Persephone, sometimes called the rape of Persephone.

Countless tellings of this abduction exist. Most of the older versions portray Kore’s kidnapping as a moment of sexual violence, and Hades (who is also Persephone’s uncle) as a predator.

Lore Olympus #280 concludes Rachel Smythe's retelling of The Abduction of Persephone. While the series begins as a meet-cute between the sheltered spring goddess Persephone, and Hades, the ...

Lore Olympus is a retelling of Greek myths, particularly the myth of Persephone's abduction by Hades, king of the underworld. Persephone's story dominates this book, which collects episodes 1-25 ...

The tradition of storytelling is ancient and universal, conveying experiences and emotions that transcend cultures and time periods. Stories and myths often depict universal experiences of trauma ...

Demeter is the Greek equivalent of Ceres, and as the myth goes, the goddess of the grain endured the abduction of her daughter Persephone by death daddy Hades — who took his new bride to the ...

Archaeologists with the Greek Ministry of Culture say it's now clear the mosaic depicts a famous scene from Greek mythology: the abduction of Persephone, sometimes called the rape of Persephone.