In myth, Persephone had many suitors who offered gifts exchange for her hand: Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, and Ares. Each of their gifts was rejected by Demeter.

In myth, especially Ancient Greek, the stars were heavily associated with the gods, demigods, and heroes.

Orchids can symbolize love, rare beauty, and even fertility. The word means “testicles” in Greek, and there is cultural history behind ancient Greeks eating the tubers of orchids to determine the sex of a child. If the father ate them, the child would be a boy; the mother, a girl. In Episode 138, we see Hades spitting out a petal. 👀

Hades calls his diamonds “shiny rocks”, a callback to Episode 25, when Rhea asked what he would like to call them as a child.