BREAKING: After disputes with leadership, famed Greek warrior Achilles withdraws from Trojan War in stunning display of self-care.
Achaean council leader Agamemnon went on record stating: “we believe making exceptions for our biggest stars undermines the authority of the war effort. We wish the swift-footed hero the best and hope he considers rejoining the effort later.”
Retired hero Heracles chimed in to show support: “It’s easy to look from the outside and go ‘oh, he got mad and quit,’ but it’s hard out there. You wouldn’t know until you’ve done it yourself. I remember leaving the Argonauts’ expedition. It was a hard call but the right one.”
An in-depth look at every instance Stephenie Meyer explicitly references the Hades/Persephone myth in her Twilight Saga novel "Midnight Sun":
To preface: I, a mythologist who looks at a large quantity of media produced about Persephone on a regular basis, and who grew up a few hours from Forks, WA and read this series obsessively as it was coming out when I was in middle school--was COMPLETELY blindsided by this.
I bought this novel for two reasons--the first being nostalgia, and the fact that I waited YEARS for this book to come out (which is the novel of Twilight rewritten from Edward's perspective instead of Bella's) back when it existed as uploaded chapters on Meyer's website.