The Zeus and the other Gods tried to convince Demeter to return to her divine functions but she would not until her daughter was returned to her so Zeus sent Hermes to retrieve Persephone, but Hades had fed her a pomegranate which bound her to the underworld forever. Zeus was forced to make a compromise between Demeter and Hades. Persephone would spend four months in the underworld with Hades and the rest of the year she would spend with her mother Demeter, free. The Eleusinian mysteries represent the celebration of Persephone's return to her mother Demeter through the Lesser mysteries in March and her return to the underworld is celebrated by the Greater mysteries in September.
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