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To do list
- Do something about the "other myths" section in Zeus#Mythology; maybe make an "affairs" section?
- Persephone (Orphic + Nonnus)
- Gaia
- Balanoglossus?
New text
In the Orphic "Rhapsodic Theogony" (first century BC/AD),[1] Persephone is described as the daughter of Zeus and Rhea. Zeus was filled with desire for his mother, Rhea, intending to marry her. He pursued Rhea, only for her to change into a serpent. Zeus also turned himself into a serpent and raped Rhea, which resulted in the birth of Persephone.[2] Afterwards, Rhea became Demeter.[3] Persephone was born so deformed that Rhea ran away from her frightened, and did not breastfeed Persephone.[2] Zeus then mates with Persephone, who gives birth to Dionysus. She later stays in her mother Rhea's house, guarded by the Curetes. Rhea prophecies that Persephone will marry Apollo. This prophecy does not come true, however, as while weaving a dress, Persephone is abducted by Hades to be his bride. She becomes the mother of the Erinyes by Hades.[4]
In Nonnus's Dionysiaca, the gods of Olympus were bewitched by Persephone's beauty and desired her. Hermes, Apollo, Ares, and Hephaestus each presented Persephone with a gift to woo her. Demeter, worried that Persephone will end up marrying Hephaestus, consulted the astrological god Astraeus. Astraeus warned her that Persephone will be ravished and impregnated by a serpent. Demeter then hides Persephone in a cave; but Zeus, in the form of a serpent, enters the cave and rapes Persephone. Persephone becomes pregnant and gives birth to Zagreus.[5]