Proserpine
Americannoun
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While in the Underworld, Proserpine eats pomegranate seeds, which means she has to stay with Pluto for part of the year and then can return above.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
I’d forgotten Cyane, the naiad, who rises from the river to beg Pluto not to take Proserpine.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
They watched the wild weather dismantle their life’s work for another 12 hours as Debbie’s eye passed right over nearby Proserpine.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2017
One man was injured after a wall collapsed in Proserpine, a town south of Airlie Beach, Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
She gave Psyche a box which she was to carry to the underworld and ask Proserpine to fill with some of her beauty.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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