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Grazia India

August 2023

Get introduced to a funny yet fierce world of Greek mythology that retells a story of Persephone and Hades

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When they asked me what I wanted, I said: 'The world.' 'And what would you do with the world?' my father asked. His words were lined with sharp edges but I didn't catch their threat until Mother squeezed my shoulder. Her fingers were too hard to be a comfort-a warning, perhaps? Or a threat of her own?

I stared from god to god, no one giving me any indication of what I'd done wrong. They had asked me a simple question. I had given a simple response. Now everyone watched me from the shaded porticoes of the megaron, their faces distorted in the reflections on the bronze pillars that ringed the throne hall. I had no idea what they wanted, no idea why everyone suddenly seemed tense. A few people glanced to my father, whose glower was so fierce he could have passed for one of his own statues.

This story is from the August 2023 edition of Grazia India.

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