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!) it would not be a reference to The Idiot's Guide to Greek Mythology (sic). I realy tohhgut it would be useful to future readers of this book, to people would probably believe that poor Hades (poor because he was forced to live in darkness, all of his live), was an abusive kidnaper of a young girl. He was not.(At least at our common consiousness) Hades was lonely and he wanted to have family; that's why he left his obscure world and choose Persephone for his bride, to bring life in death's world.He was a man (or should I say a God?) in love and his young wife was in love with him too.I won't participate in the debate of Hades'virginity. I was not there to know the truth .I won't speak about the symbolism of this story (oups! myth..) The circle of life and seasons, Persephone as the grain in the soil etc I am sure that Ms Carter fully understood it, before she wrote her book.I really appreciate a writer's effort (and why not? Ms Carter's effort) to addapt a story; that means that she knew well the original Greek mythology (in my opinion, the base of the modern drama and story telling) before the adaptation. And she probably loved it for adapting it and had inspiration from it. All the stories have already been said. Writers rephrasing, changing names and locations, but the stories, in their base are the same, always!But please, dear Naomi, before you choose characterisations for people that you do not know ( insecure , jealous , miserable , trolls , down-level )please show your classical education and be polite and tolerant to others' point of view. This is the base of classical philosophy and mythology, that you all, so badly, want to re-tell and you are proud of studying for so many years.And please make me (you, dear Naomi) a little favor: if you believe that these figures did not even exist I disagree, because I think that everything has an existence in the ideas' world- please let them alone and peaceful. In that case, change your myths if you got any!