Aidoneus
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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 Pater, Walter
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 Pater, Walter
Then Aidoneus the Ruler of Many openly got ready his deathless horses beneath the golden chariot.
From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)
His name was Pluto, or Aidoneus, and his country was called the Lower World, or the Land of Shadows, or Hades.
From Old Greek Stories by Baldwin, James
Even if Persephone be not restored, Whether Aidoneus hold her or release, Relent thou.—Stay thine anger, mighty goddess; Nor with thy hateful famine slay mankind.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
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