Yet Kore is more than just a young girl, she is an innocent. No one knows exactly what was said, but we do know that the story of Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, known then as Kore (the maiden), was recited. These hidden rites-or Mysteries-were in existence long before the ancient Athenians arrived on the historical scene (Veronese). The Eleusinian Mysteries were an oral tradition that were part of the initiation rites into the cult of Demeter, which began in the ancient city of Eleusis (Trckova-Flamee). Far too many coincidences point towards the myth in Talents, and it fits too perfectly with the seed/sower themes of the two Parable novels. Butler purposefully embedded the Eleusinian myth-or the myth of Demeter and Persephone-into Parable of the Talents, yet I find it almost impossible that she did not consider it consciously. The Mother-Daughter Struggle in Parable of the Talents
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