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Persephone

[ per-sef-uh-nee ]

noun

  1. Also Pro·ser·pi·na [] Pro·ser·pi·ne []. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
  2. a female given name.


Persephone

/ pəˈsɛfənɪ /

noun

  1. 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 counterpartProserpina
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The pattern across the jersey is inspired by a fifth-century BC vase attributed to Persephone, which depicts Ulysses and the sorceress Circe in Homer's Odyssey.

From BBC

And so they did, with DiFranco singing the part of Persephone.

The actor and singer star enters Broadway’s “Hadestown,” the brooding 2019 Tony Award-winning musical about the underworld, which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.

As our story begins, the goddess Persephone is in the underworld, where she lives half the year with her husband, Hades.

She also took inspiration from Greek mythology and its characters, such as Persephone and Eurydice, who are often the victims of betrayal.

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