Hades and Persephone Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Underworld

Hades is the god of the Underworld. Poseidon is the god of the ocean. Zeus is the god of everything. The ferryman Charon ferries the dead souls across the river. That is why the Greeks put money in the coffin of the dead loved ones, so they would be able to pay Charon to get to the other side.

Answer: Demeter

Demeter is Persephone's mother. Hera is Zeus' wife, Helen is the most beautiful woman, and Athena is the goddess of wisdom in war. Demeter is also Hades' sister.

Answer: making things grow

Demeter is the goddess of making things grow - agriculture, grain, earth and fertility. She was thanked by the people when they had a good harvest and was blamed when they had a bad harvest.

Answer: gathering flowers in a field

Hades came up from the Underworld one day and found her walking in a field. He thought she was beautiful so he took her back into the underworld with him so she could be his wife.

Answer: Zeus

Zeus noticed that the food had stopped growing and asked Demeter what was wrong. When she told him he went to the Underworld to get Persephone back so Demeter would start to grow things again.

Answer: eaten the food of the dead

Zeus asked her if she had eaten the food of the dead. Once you have eaten the food of the dead, you can not leave the Underworld. So if Persephone had eaten the food, she would have had to stay there forever.

Answer: pomegranate

Right before Zeus was going to take Persephone away Hades said, "It's a long journey back, why don't you have a snack before you go?" He then offered her a pomegranate, knowing that once you eat the food of the dead, you have to stay in the underworld.

Answer: He wanted her to be his wife

Hades thought Persephone was really beautiful and took her to the Underworld to be his wife. He was lonely down there with only dead souls for company, so you really can't blame him.

Answer: about 4 months every year

Persephone has to stay with Hades four months every year; she just ate four seeds so she didn't have to stay with him forever. This will affect Demeter's mood on how she grows things. In some versions of the myth, the time is stated as six months. In others, it is given as three.

Answer: seasons

Their story gives the Greeks their seasons. When Persephone is about to come up from the Underworld Demeter is happy and everything begins to grow, spring.
When Persephone is with her she is completely happy and it is summer and part of fall. When Persephone is going to go back to the Underworld it is the rest of fall. And when she is in the Underworld it is winter and nothing grows because Demeter is sad.