Persephonë

A form of Persephone — A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Persephone.

    Theseus was all for a comparably glorious feat through the abduction and rape of Persephonë, from the underworld realm of Dis, or Hades.

    2011, Saltonstall Weld Bardot, Penelope: Princess of Lakonia — Translator’s Epilogue & Endnotes: A Supplement, AuthorHouse (hardback) (paperback) (e-book), chapter xii: “Theseus & The First Abduction of Helen”, 78
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