tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4679361963382004476..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Fearsome Persephone - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-63262377987338638062015-12-17T13:06:28.738+00:002015-12-17T13:06:28.738+00:00I've come to this late, Kath. Thank you - a wo...I've come to this late, Kath. Thank you - a wonderful post.<br /><br />I never realised before that Persephone is somewhat equivalent to Hel in Norse myth.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38018930733303930572015-12-06T10:28:55.531+00:002015-12-06T10:28:55.531+00:00Thankyou all! Kath, that's sounds a wonderful...Thankyou all! Kath, that's sounds a wonderful series - great news! <br />Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30065713104668457532015-12-05T17:00:33.716+00:002015-12-05T17:00:33.716+00:00Fascinating - and very timely for me, since I am j...Fascinating - and very timely for me, since I am just starting a new middle grade series about King Alexander's daughter by the Amazon queen, where Hades has an important part and Queen Persephone has yet to make an appearance... it's got a bit stuck (awaiting publisher decisions), but this post has got me inspired all over again...Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-86518411344123096152015-12-05T07:32:56.894+00:002015-12-05T07:32:56.894+00:00I have always been fascinated and horrified by the...I have always been fascinated and horrified by the story of Persephone. The black horses and chariot coming out of and - still worse - plunging back into the earth ...<br /><br />Lovely post, Kath.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-5402606046397532692015-12-04T19:10:03.582+00:002015-12-04T19:10:03.582+00:00Fascinating, thank you - I knew something of the E...Fascinating, thank you - I knew something of the Eluesinian mysteries but you have illuminated them.<br />Hawthorne was my introduction to reading Greek myths for myself; when I asked for more my father gave me Robert Graves two volume Penguin edition. At the age of c10 I got very confused about why sleeping with someone seemed to cause so much trouble...Elspeth Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834041351713094712noreply@blogger.com