<Li> "I start to sing for Demeter the lovely - faced goddess, for her and her daughter the most beautiful Persephone . Hail goddess keep this city safe!" (hymn 13, card 1) </Li> <Li> Pindar <Ul> <Li> Olympian: <Ul> <Li> "Now go Echo, to the dark - walled home of Persephone ." (book O, poem 14) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Isthmean: <Ul> <Li> "Aecus showed them the way to the house of Persephone and nymphs, one of them carrying a ball ." (book 1, poem 8) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Nemean: <Ul> <Li> "Island which Zeus, the lord of Olympus gave to Persephone; he nodded descent with his flowers hair ." (book N, poem 1) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Pythian: <Ul> <Li> "You splendor - loving city, most beautiful on earth, home of Persephone . You who inhabit the hill of well - built dwellings ." (book P, poem 12) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Olympian: <Ul> <Li> "Now go Echo, to the dark - walled home of Persephone ." (book O, poem 14) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Isthmean: <Ul> <Li> "Aecus showed them the way to the house of Persephone and nymphs, one of them carrying a ball ." (book 1, poem 8) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Nemean: <Ul> <Li> "Island which Zeus, the lord of Olympus gave to Persephone; he nodded descent with his flowers hair ." (book N, poem 1) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Pythian: <Ul> <Li> "You splendor - loving city, most beautiful on earth, home of Persephone . You who inhabit the hill of well - built dwellings ." (book P, poem 12) </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Olympian: <Ul> <Li> "Now go Echo, to the dark - walled home of Persephone ." (book O, poem 14) </Li> </Ul> </Li>

When did the story of persephone take place