Proserpina

British  

/ prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə /

noun

1. Greek counterpart: Persephone.  the Roman goddess of the underworld

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Example Sentences

In this version of the tale, Orfeo and Euridice become pawns in the hands of capricious godly and allegorical characters: Venus and Amore, Pluto and Proserpina and personifications of Jealousy and Suspicion.

From New York Times

Her faithful cover of Proserpina, one of the last songs McGarrigle wrote, is even more acute, an anguished wail of longing set to plangent piano and violin.

From The Guardian

The rain no longer refreshed the drooping flowers, the grain was parched by the ardent rays of the sun, and the grass all perished, while Ceres roamed over hill and dale in search of Proserpina.

From Project Gutenberg

Thoreau was ever ready in thought of Proserpina gathering flowers.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus Trimalchio says, 'I threw thy Cerberus a sleepy morsel, And paid thy Charon for my waftage over, And I have a golden sprig for my Proserpina.

From Project Gutenberg