<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In Greek mythology, Persephone (/ pərˈsɛfəni /; Greek: Περσεφόνη), also called Kore (/ ˈkɔːriː /; "the maiden"), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter and is the queen of the underworld . Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic princess of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead . Persephone was married to Hades, the god of the underworld . The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation . Similar myths appear in the Orient, in the cults of male gods like Attis, Adonis, and Osiris, and in Minoan Crete . </P> <P> Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian mysteries, which promised the initiated a more enjoyable prospect after death . In some versions, Persephone is the mother of Zeus's sons Dionysus, Iacchus, or Zagreus . The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on very old agrarian cults of agricultural communities . </P>

In greek mythology who was the goddess of spring growth