Comparing Odyssey And Persephone, Queen Of The Underworld
Today I read Book 9 of the “Odyssey” by Homer and the article “Persephone, Queen of the Underworld” by greeka.com. The two are similar in the sense that both Persephone and Odysseus make trips down to the underworld. consequently, While there they both experience dreaded conflict. Odysseus coped with trouble as he realized that his mother had departed from the Earth and is now merely a shadow in the underworld. Meanwhile, Persephone was ripped away from her mother, Demeter, by the horrid man, Hades, God of the underworld, who had found himself yearning for the young maiden. Naturally, the mothers in the myths mourned at the loss of their child that they anticipated they would never see again. Upon infiltrating the underworld Odysseus and Persephone