If, in 2022, you still think that seasons depend on the Earth’s rotation around its tilted axis and around the Sun… you are surely right. However, in ancient times, the Greeks, and the Romans afterwards, thought it was due to an agreement between Zeus and Hades, to save Persephone from the Underworld. The sick love of Gods Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of harvest and agricultu ...[Read More]
Geomythology. The Sicilian Trilogy – Part I: Persephone on the endorheic Pergusa lake
Pergusa lake with Mt. Etna in the background. (from Achille Drago, via Wikimedia Commons).