With Aphrodite by his side, Ares returned home to inform his mother, Hera,
about their affair and the child they were expecting.
He wanted to be the one to break the news,
hoping to avoid any gossip that might reach her ears first.
Demeter's world shattered when her beloved daughter, Persephone, vanished.
Frantic with worry, she begged Hecate, the goddess of sorcery and ghosts,
for information about her daughter's fate.
Hera visits enchantress Circe's secluded covenstead.
She did not like how Zeus does not spare even his own daughters from his carnal desires
so she hid their daughter Hebe there in the care of Circe.
so she hid their daughter Hebe there in the care of Circe.
Hecate heard Persephone’s anguished cries and was immediately filled with dread,
fearing for the fate of Demeter's beloved daughter.
fearing for the fate of Demeter's beloved daughter.
Persephone's sweat filled the air like the scent of blooming iris across the sun-dappled garden.
A series of new births are occurring in the lands of both Gods and Mortals.
