Southern Greek Mythology
a catalogue of subversive humor

Y’all know I’m crazy about the Greeks, have been since third grade when I did a report on Greece. I’ve reinterpreted some of the mythology: I reject the idea of Persephone as a goddess without agency: controlled by her husband half the year and her mother the other half? Nope. She is the queen of the underworld who left Kore behind when she took her rightful place, and she brings all of her attributes to the underworld, transforming it into a summer palace with terraced slopes and majestic gardens and baths. I’m putting the various pieces I’ve completed here for easy access to everything in this collection.
In order, here is the series so far:
I also have a collection of Persephone and Hades poetry, available here:
Thank you for reading!
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.
Intertextuality is my passion.
Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.
My words are mine, not a robot’s.
MA English literature, CofC
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