The Story of Persephone - Chapter 7

Demeter’s face flushed with anger as she pointed a finger at me.

“Hades! Did you conspire with Eros to have my daughter struck by one of his arrows?” “I swear I didn’t! The golden arrow flew at me from behind, and I dodged it, but it just happened to hit Persephone...” “Then why did you bring her to the Underworld and feed her? You’re no better than Zeus or Poseidon!” “What? You dare compare me to those two?”

Even if her daughter’s descent to the Underworld made her lose her composure, comparing me …