The lower world.
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is a goddess who
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Persephone's act of sw
"materially affected he
sentences later.
Demeter... became the mother of Persephone (Proserpine), to whom
she was so tenderly attached that her whole life was bound up in her, and she
knew no happiness except in her society. One day, however, whilst
Persephone was gathering flowers in a meadow, attended by the
ocean-nymphs, she saw to her surprise a beautiful narcissus, from the stem of
which sprang forth a hundred blossoms. Drawing near to examine this lovely
flower, whose exquisite scent perfumed the air, she stooped down to gather It,
suspecting no evil, when a yawning abyss opened at her feet, and Aides, the
grim ruler of the lower world, appeared from its depths, seated in his dazzling
chariot drawn by four black horses. Regardless of her tears and the shrieks of
her female attendants, Aides seized the terrified maiden, and bore her away to
the gloomy realms over which he reigned in melancholy grandeur. Helios, the
all-seeing sun-god, and Hecate, a mysterious and very ancient divinity, alone
heard her cries for ald, but were powerless to help her. When Demeter
became conscious of her loss her grief was intense, and she refused to be
comforted. She knew not where to seek for her child, but feeling that repose
and inaction were impossible, she set out on her weary search, taking with her
two torches which she lighted in the flames of Mount Etna to guide her on her
way. For nine long days and nights she wandered on, Inquiring of every one
she met for tidings of her child. But all was in vain! Nelther gods nor men could
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4. It allows
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whether
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how does this choice about structure affect the passage?