What does the mythological story of Persephone’s abduction(珀耳塞福涅被劫持) to the underworld explain?
A: Why the underworld is a never-return place
B: Why people should not eat food from the underworld
C: Why crops don’t grow in the three months of winter
D: Why Demeter is the goddess of agriculture
A: Why the underworld is a never-return place
B: Why people should not eat food from the underworld
C: Why crops don’t grow in the three months of winter
D: Why Demeter is the goddess of agriculture
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- The story of Demeter looking for her daughter Persephone, and the arrangement of Persephone's spending 1/3 time in Hades and 2/3 time in the world above explain all the following EXCEPT _________. A: why grains stop growing in winter B: why life is a cycle rather than a line C: why marriage is a contract btw groom(新郎) and bride’s father D: why marriage is a result of force and violence
- Myths in which Goddess ______ lived for three months with her husband Hades in the Underworld and returned to live with her mother Demeter, Goddess of Corn, for the rest of the year reflect the return of spring after winter.
- _is the queen of the Underworld（） A: Demeter B: Rhea C: Leto D: Persephone
- I don’t understand ____ believe him. A: why don’t you B: why you not C: why you don’t D: why not you
- The only food that Persephone ate in the Underworld was _________________. A: grape seeds B: pomegranate seeds C: corns D: apples