Demeter & Persephone : spring held hostage : a Greek myth

Resource Information

The work Demeter & Persephone : spring held hostage : a Greek myth represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Milton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Demeter & Persephone : spring held hostage : a Greek myth

Title remainder

spring held hostage : a Greek myth

Creator

• Fontes, Justine

Contributor

• Kurth, Steve
• hoopla digital
• Schulz, Barbara, (Barbara Jo)
• Fontes, Ron

Author

• Fontes, Ron

Illustrator

• Schulz, Barbara, (Barbara Jo)
• Kurth, Steve

Subject

• Electronic books
• Graphic novels
• Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature
• Persephone, (Greek deity) -- Juvenile literature
• Comic books, strips, etc
• Demeter, (Greek deity) -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Electronic books
• Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

This graphic novel tells the story of Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, and her daughter, Persephone. Demeter rules over a perpetual summer on earth, where crops, trees, and flowers grow in abundance. Persephone, young and beautiful, unknowingly attracts the attention of the lonely god of the Underworld, Hades. Hades kidnaps Persephone, and a frantic Demeter searches in vain for her daughter. Finally, Demeter retreats to her temple in mourning. The goddess's sorrow causes the crops to die and the ground to freeze. The first winter falls over Greece. As people begin to starve, the other Olympian gods and goddesses try to convince Demeter to accept a marriage between Persephone and Hades. But Demeter will not give up her daughter forever to the Underworld. Finally a compromise is struck: Persephone will stay with Hades for half a year (winter). When she comes back from the Underworld to spend half a year with her mother, spring returns to earth

Member of

• Graphic myths and legends

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

398.21

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Graphic myths and legends

Target audience

juvenile