Sources
Sources tell us about the past. There can be primary and secondary sources. A primary source a descibes the event as it happened. A secondary source is made after the time of the event. Both can be equally as reliable.
Primary Sources
This picture of a vase from 450 - 400 BC depicts Hades in the underworld, holding the horn of plenty with Persephone holding a seed, most likely the pomegranate seed from the legend. It is an attic red figure ware in a kylix shape, attributed to Codrus Painter.
Hades and Persephone depicted on a vase, n.d., Photograph, Ancient Greek Art, accessed 5 August 2014, <http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K14.3.html>.
Hades and Persephone depicted on a vase, n.d., Photograph, Ancient Greek Art, accessed 5 August 2014, <http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K14.3.html>.
This picture of a vase from 330 - 310 BC shows Hades sitting on his thrown next to Persephone with a crown and a four-headed torch in a palace in the underworld, where Persephone is his queen. It is an Apulian red figure ware in a volute krater shape.
Hades and Persephone depicted on a vase, n.d., Photograph, Ancient Greek Art, accessed 5 August 2014, <http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K14.1.html>.
Hades and Persephone depicted on a vase, n.d., Photograph, Ancient Greek Art, accessed 5 August 2014, <http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K14.1.html>.
Secondary Sources
This secondary source from the Myths and Legends book explains the legend of Persephone. It is about how Persephone was abducted by Hades and how her mother refused to do her duties. Philip, N 1999, Myths & Legends, Dorling Kindersley, London, Great Britain.
The source from the internet describes the result of the myth and how the ancient Greeks used it to explain the seasons. When Persephone returned to live with her mother the crops would do well, as the crops relied on her mother’s happiness.
Persephone and Demeter, n.d., Mr Donn, accessed 5 August 2014, <http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/demeter.html>.
Persephone and Demeter, n.d., Mr Donn, accessed 5 August 2014, <http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/demeter.html>.