12- A Mythological Custody Battle

Persephone. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. And the deity behind an example of of either Stockholm syndrome or a custody battle (albeit between her husband and her mother) in Greek mythology... Sources for this episode: Cooke. T. (1728), The Works of Hesiod, Translated from the Greek (Volume II). London: Printed by N. Blandford. Evelyn-White, H. G. (1943), Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. London: William Heinemann Ltd. Mehdi, M., Moen, U. and Touqeer, F. (2022), Social Norms, Submission and Stockholm Syndrome Critical Analysis of Louise Gluck's Two Mythological Poems: A Myth of Innocence and a Myth of Devotion. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language 8(2): 141-150. Rindfleisch, A. (2015), Considering Rape in Ancient Rome and Greece. Submitted to UCLA. Rouse, W. H. D. (1940), Nonnos Dionysiaca. London : William Heinemann Ltd. Namnyak, M., Tufton, N., Szekely, R., Toal, M., Warboys, S. and Sampson, E. L. (2008), 'Stockholm syndrome': psychatric diagnosis or urban myth? Act Psychiatrica Scandinavia 117: 4-11. Wheelwright, C. A. (1844), Pindar. New York: Harper & Brothers. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Pirithous (online) (Accessed 24/12/2023).