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The myth of Demeter and Persephone has been studied in numerous publications in different fields. After being the subject of a variety of curious interpretations since antiquity (Calame 2000), it is now open to new versions, as evidenced by Chloé Delaume’s Les Sorcières de la République (The Witches of the Republic), published by Éditions du Seuil, in 2016. This feminist and political dystopia shows the inexhaustible legacy of the myth “which can only be read in the particular version that brings it to its addressee (Calame 2000/2001). In this article, we will show how Delaume appropriates the myth of Demeter and Persephone. For this, she transposes the maternal-filial relationship, bringing to life a deployment of metaphorical relations, in the context of climate resistance and the patriarchal system, two burning current issues.