Virgo Mythology Cont.
In Greek mythology, too, there is a similar theme. Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, had been abducted and taken to the underworld by Hades. In revenge her mother ruined the harvests, the earth became infertile and the people were starving. Zeus was forced to issue a decree stating that Persephone should spend only a short time each year in the underworld, and when she was released Demeter permitted Nature to resume its natural course. While Virgo is in the underworld, winter reigns, when she returns with him in the spring, the seasons renew
Yet another Greek myth suggests that VIRGO represents Erigone, who hanged herself after finding her father Icarius' dead body. (See Legend of Bootes)