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Persephone

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Per·seph·o·ne  (pr-sf-n)
n. Greek Mythology
The daughter of Demeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades but rescued by her mother and thereafter spent six months of the year on earth and six months in the underworld.
Persephone [pəˈsɛfənɪ]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades and made his wife and queen of the underworld, but allowed part of each year to leave it Roman counterpart Proserpina
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Noun1.Persephone - (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and DemeterPersephone - (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
Cora, Despoina, Kore
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Translations
Persephone [pəˈsefənɪ] N → Perséfone f
Persephone [pəˈsɛfənɪ] n → Persefone f
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And it was Persephone whom he asked leave to pick up on the way, saying that she was his sister--Persephone, tall and slender and pale, returning with the Spring to her mother's cottage, and still shading her eyes from the unaccustomed light.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
discovered by Matthiae at Moscow, describes the seizure of Persephone by Hades, the grief of Demeter, her stay at Eleusis, and her vengeance on gods and men by causing famine.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
[To him even after death did Persephone grant mind,] that he alone should be wise; but the other souls are flitting shades.
The Republic by Plato View in context
 
 
 
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