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

Example Sentences

Persephone’s goals address questions raised in the last survey about the formation of the solar system and whether organic matter once existed outside of Earth.

From MIT Technology Review

Proposed in late 2020, Persephone would explore whether Pluto has an ocean and how the planet’s surface and atmosphere have evolved.

From MIT Technology Review

Carly Howett, a planetary physicist and the principal investigator for Persephone, says New Horizons showed us just how complex that part of space really is.

From MIT Technology Review

To become an official NASA mission, Persephone will have to prove to the larger scientific community that the questions it may answer are worth the effort, before the NRC takes it to a vote.

From MIT Technology Review

As Amanda fights to save her family and Persephone is forced to confront the cracks in her own life, the two women start to question if they ever really knew their husbands at all.

From Time

Persephone snacked on pomegranate seeds in Hades and now our gas bills rocket in January.

From The Daily Beast

See Now Then is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children Persephone and Heracles.

From The Daily Beast

Pluto is god of the underworld whose wife Persephone sits frozen, entranced or asleep on her throne.

From The Daily Beast

Persephone threw a loving kiss to her fond mother, and then went to the shore of the sea to play with the sea nymphs.

From Project Gutenberg

The driver, who was King Pluto himself, caught the frightened Persephone in his arms.

From Project Gutenberg

She is happy in the results of her labor and in the presence of her lovely daughter, Persephone.

From Project Gutenberg

He obeyed, and rowed her over the black river in his dingy boat, and Persephone gave her the box.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Eleusinian mysteries the rape of Persephone by Pluto, the winter god, is portrayed.

From Project Gutenberg