Hades, the god of the dead, falls in love with Persephone, the maiden of spring, and steals her from her mother Demeter to be his bride and queen of the underworld. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Among the Hades/Persephone books I've seen out there (for kids) this is one of the better ones. It's more complete - it has the the part of the myth with Demeter and Metaenira, unlike so many other books - and I really enjoy the watercolor illustration. I've seen this artist in several other books I read when I was little, and always liked Richardson's work. It's a old book, but it's still a great one and worthy for any mythology/book collection.
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