Proserpina

/ prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə /

noun

1. the Roman goddess of the underworld Greek counterpartPersephone

Example Sentences

Neptune also loved the goddess Ceres, and followed her during the long time that she spent in search of her daughter Proserpina.

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She sat for a long time on a stone by the roadside, mourning her lost Proserpina, until a little girl came by, driving some goats.

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The patient old earth smiled again on Proserpina's return, for then her mother gave the blighted vegetation a redoubled care.

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Hecate, the goddess of the lower world, sometimes identified with Proserpina, and sometimes with Diana.

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Moreover, as we have already seen, even Chaucer called the fairy-king Pluto and the queen Proserpina.

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