The representation of Greek and Roman myths benefits from unique information from different authors. Ovid's Hymn to Demeter and Metamorphosis provide insight into Demeter's love for her daughter, Persephone, and explore its effects on the surrounding environments. The theme of separation and isolation is present in both of these myths, however, in Ovid's Metamorphosis it symbolizes the environment during important events, has different characters playing and gives power to female deities. In the Hymn to Demeter, Persephone's rape begins with her picking flowers and she comes across the hundred-headed daffodil that "Gaia grew as a trick for the blushing maiden" (HHDem. 8-9). This trick is implemented by Zeus, but as Gaia plays the role of protecting the youngest generation, it foreshadows that Persephone's ordeal will be for a good cause. Hades approaches to pick up Persephone when the ground opens up and she begins to scream out loud. Demeter hears her daughters screaming but she is powerless against Hades, hence the distance that separates them. Demeter, afflicted, has an experience which plays the role of a symbolic death. in fact, the relationship between mother and daughter ends at marriage. Demeter shows the theme of isolation when she disguises herself as a childless old woman and lives among mortals, distancing herself from the gods and turning her grief into anger at Zeus. So when she arrives in Elusis, she takes on the responsibility of raising Keleus and Meraneria's child, Demophoön. The part of the myth shows Demeter's anger when she tries to make Demophoön a god. This symbolizes her replacing a girl with a boy, meaning ...... middle of paper ...... challenged by the Pierides, in Minerva. The story is told by a woman to a goddess, about another goddess. Thus, the reason for Ovid's empowerment of women may be that Calliope satisfies a large and powerful audience, the Pierides and Minerva. In short, the Hymn to Demeter is similar in playing on the theme of separation and isolation by depicting Persephone picking flowers in and isolated space. In Ovid's version, female empowerment plays an important role as the story is narrated by a woman, with Venus being the mastermind and Ceres being a strong, confident and quick-acting woman. Furthermore, the roles of the gods are reversed with those of the nymphs, and the symbolist use of environment is visible in the abduction of Proserpina. Works cited by Homer. The Homeric Hymns. Newburyport: R. Pullins, 1995. Print.Ovid. Metamorphosis. St Ives Plc: Clays, 1986. Print.