They’ve kept the truth about Persephone a secret, burying it deep below Hercules’s murdered wifeand all of Zeus’s affairs. It’s dangerous, you see, a spark threatening to ignite a long dead flame. Power. She loved her power, the Queen of the Dead, to forever reign in the fires of hell. She wore her crown like a beacon;a beautiful queen, plotting against her king. They never wanted youto know the hunger of Persephone, how she starved for something other than pomegranates. Control. The primal thirst that burns all women’s throats, denied by eons of men. Listen closely to the voice from hell, sweetheart. “You are a queen;don’t wait for a king. . Emily Palermo
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The quote says that the Queen of the Dead can't be ruled over by a man because she is not human. She is the Queen of the Dead, she reigns in Hades, and no one can rule her. They were afraid that if you knew the story about Persephone then you would try to be like her. But she was really hungry for someone else other than pomegranates.

The hunger to control people was not what made her want to be queen, but her need to stand on top of Zeus's throne. They always wanted you to know the true story about Persephone, but they never wanted us to know about her hunger for power.

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