Explanation: Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, trapped his wife-to-be, Persephone, in the underworld by having her eat pomegranate seeds, binding her to the place. This is obviously very uncomfortable by modern standards, and even some later Greek myths re-interpret it as being a kind of willing elopement against her mother’s will rather than kidnapping-by-trickery.

I will gladly go to hell for a continuous supply of pomegranates.

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How is this history, unless you believe the Greek myths to be literally true?