Hades and Persephone

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Give one fact about Hades.

2. Explain why Hades was called the Hospitable One?

3. Why did people put a coin under the tongue of their dead kin?

4. Who was Cerberus and why did he do?

5. What is Demeter the goddess of?

6. How do you know that Demeter adored Persephone?

7. Why did Hades kidnap Persephone?

8. What happened when Demeter could not find Persephone?

9. How did Persephone react to being Queen of the Dead?

10. Why did Zeus make Hades return Persephone?

11. Why does Persephone have to return to Hades for a few months each year?

12. This story was to explain why we have what?