There are several errors in this video, but the most egregious is how it completely glosses over the scene of Persephone's sexual assault. No, not "taking." Not "abduction." Not some "mistranslation" of rapīo or another word. Assault.

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Red from @OSPyoutube starts out saying "relationships in Greek mythology are almost unilaterally really bad." She clarifies this applies across the board, "yes, even your favorite." But as she explores the Hymn to Demeter, she misreads sections that ultimately absolve Hades.

Summarizing Hermes' mission to the underworld, she says: "this part of the text is a little bit garbled, but basically Hades and Persephone are hanging out and Persephone seems kinda bummed out and missing her mom." She shows the two figures sitting on their thrones:

Here is the text:

τέτμε δὲ τόν γε ἄνακτα δόμων ἔντοσθεν ἐόντα,
ἥμενον ἐν λεχέεσσι σὺν αἰδοίῃ παρακοίτι
πόλλ᾽ ἀεκαζομένῃ μητρὸς πόθῳ

Hermes found the lord Hades in his dwelling
sitting on a bed with his bashful bedmate,
completely unwilling, longing for her mother

Rather than sitting apart on a throne, Persephone lies on his bed––a scene made even more sexual in that the figure so long referred to as κόρη ("maiden") is now suddenly called παρακοίτη ("spouse, wife, sexual partner").

Not only is she "bummed," she is explicitly "unwilling," a common description of the goddess throughout her kidnapping (cf. ln. 30, 72, 432). Given that she likely "consummated her marriage" in this scene, as commentator Helene Foley puts it, it is clearly sexual assault.