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Persephone
n.
queen of the Underworld who is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter (Greek Mythology)
Persephone
In
Greek mythology,
Persephone (, ; ), also called
Kore or
Cora (; "the maiden"), is the daughter of
Zeus and the harvest goddess
Demeter, and is the queen of the
underworld.
Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic princess of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was abducted by
Hades, the god-king of the underworld. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the
personification of
vegetation, which shoots forth in
spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation. Similar myths appear in the
Orient, in the cults of male gods like
Attis,
Adonis and
Osiris, and in
Minoan Crete.
Persephone
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
(synonym) Despoina, Kore, Cora
(hypernym) Greek deity
(classification) Greek mythology
Perséphone
n.
Persephone, queen of the Underworld who is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter (Greek Mythology)
Persephone
[Greek] Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Persephone was such a beautiful young woman that everyone loved her, even Hades wanted her for himself. One day, when she was collecting flowers on the plain of Enna, the earth suddenly opened and Hades rose up from the gap and abducted her. None but Zeus, and the all-seeing sun, Helios, had noticed it. Broken-hearted, Demeter wandered the earth, looking for her daughter until Helios revealed what had happened. Demeter was so angry that she withdrew herself in loneliness, and the earth ceased to be fertile. Knowing this could not continue much longer, Zeus sent Hermes down to Hades to make him release Persephone. Hades grudgingly agreed, but before she went back he gave Persephone a pomegranate (or the seeds of a pomegranate, according to some sources). When she later ate of it, it bound her to underworld forever and she had to stay there one-third of the...
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