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“In this version Persephone hasn’t grown older with Hades; they’ve stayed the ages they are in the traditional myth. So she’s still very young and beautiful and fresh, and he’s old and grizzly. They interfere with a pair of mortals. There’s a couple in their late fifties, early sixties. They’re not married. They’ve just settled into a really good life together – they’ve had other lives before, and now they’re in their golden years, and they’ve found each other and settled into something that’s really good for them. It’s beautiful. And then the gods show up… which feels very classic Greek mythology.” Read more...
The Best Hades and Persephone Retellings
Melinda Salisbury, Children's Author
