Aidoneus
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Persephone springing up with great joy from the couch of Aidoneus, to return to her mother, is the sudden outburst of the year.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Walter Pater
But in the Homeric hymn her lunar character is clear; she is really the moon only, who hears the cry of Persephone, as the sun saw her, when Aidoneus carried her away.
From Greek Studies: a Series of Essays by Walter Pater
Persephone and Aidoneus The maidens thought when they looked upon her that the goddess was some ancient woman who had a sorrow in her heart.
From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
Aidoneus agreed, and Theseus, when set free, returned to Athens, where he found that his party was not yet overpowered.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
And Aidoneus, ruler over the dead, smiled grimly and obeyed the behest of Zeus the king.
From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) Evelyn-White
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