Persephone's uncle, Hades, was very lonely and wanted a wife. Despite this, she said that Persephone could have married the god of doctors. When she reached marriageable age, several gods tried to woo Persephone, but Demeter, who suffered many horrible courtships, rejected all their gifts and hid her daughter away from the company of other deities. She mostly passed her days planting seeds and nurturing the flora. As she wasn't one of her father's favorite children, she had no position at Olympus and used to live far with her mother's closest nymphs. Persephone was born to Zeus, king of the gods, and Demeter, goddess of the harvest.
