Proserpina
Britishnoun
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In this version of the tale, Orfeo and Euridice become pawns in the hands of capricious godly and allegorical characters: Venus and Amore, Pluto and Proserpina and personifications of Jealousy and Suspicion.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
In this setting of a text by Goethe, Proserpina, a daughter of Jupiter, finds herself in Hades, abducted by Pluto to be his queen.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2010
Oh no, dear Proserpina," cried the sea-nymphs; "we dare not go with you upon the dry land.
From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Same as Proserpina, goddess of vegetation, 183; significance, 396.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
"I think it is a very dismal one," said Proserpina.
From A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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