She had one child with Zeus, a wheaten-haired goddess ... of nineties drama Hercules where Persephone gradually falls in love with her captor. Others paint a more complex picture.

The clash between gods and demigods is brought to the brink as Heron's battle continues amongst the likes of Ares, Athena, Persephone and Hades. The final season of Blood of Zeus premieres on ...

But that's not quite the story we're used to hearing. And in episode eight, while waiting for a sit down meeting with Zeus Persephone asks Hera why she lied to the humans about her love story with ...

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.

An imposing mosaic uncovered in the largest antique tomb ever discovered in Greece depicts the myth of the abduction of Persephone, Zeus's daughter who became goddess of the underworld.