Persephone

[ per-sef-uh-nee ]

/ pərˈsɛf ə ni /

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noun

Also Pro·ser·pi·na

[proh-sur-puh-nuh], /proʊˈsɜr pə nə/, Pro·ser·pi·ne

[proh-sur-puh-nee] /proʊˈsɜr pə ni/ .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.

a female given name.

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Words nearby Persephone

persecution, persecution complex, persecutory, Perseid, perseity, Persephone, Persepolis, Perses, Perseus, Perseus cluster, perseverance

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How to use Persephone in a sentence

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.
Why NASA should visit Pluto again|Tatyana Woodall|July 19, 2021|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.
Why NASA should visit Pluto again|Tatyana Woodall|July 19, 2021|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.
Why NASA should visit Pluto again|Tatyana Woodall|July 19, 2021|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.
Why NASA should visit Pluto again|Tatyana Woodall|July 19, 2021|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.
Here Are the 11 New Books You Should Read in July|Annabel Gutterman|June 30, 2021|Time
Persephone snacked on pomegranate seeds in Hades and now our gas bills rocket in January.
Run with the Devil Unlike the Girl in Kentucky|Candida Moss|November 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
See Now Then is the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sweet and their two children Persephone and Heracles.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Jan. 28, 2013|Mythili Rao, David Goodwillie|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Pluto is god of the underworld whose wife Persephone sits frozen, entranced or asleep on her throne.
The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|October 29, 2011|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.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
The driver, who was King Pluto himself, caught the frightened Persephone in his arms.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
She is happy in the results of her labor and in the presence of her lovely daughter, Persephone.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
He obeyed, and rowed her over the black river in his dingy boat, and Persephone gave her the box.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook
In the Eleusinian mysteries the rape of Persephone by Pluto, the winter god, is portrayed.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races|Sanger Brown, II

British Dictionary definitions for Persephone

Persephone

/ (pəˈsɛfənɪ) /

noun

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 itRoman counterpart: Proserpina

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