I was reading some old reports I did in school, and ran across my high school paper on
Persephone. For some reason I really dug this myth. Maybe this is a bit freudian, but I think I might know why.
Persephone is a totally
submissive woman. She has
no choices. She is dominated, abducted, etc. She doesn't mind though. She is the quintessential
damsel in distress.
Persephone is what was considered, and by some still is considered to be the perfect "girl". Not woman, but girl.. still a naive, innocent child, but sexually appealing.. appealing enough for
Hades to abduct her as his wife.