Proserpina

/ prəʊˈsɜːpɪnə /

noun

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

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.

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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.

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One day, weary of labor, Proserpina called these fair playmates to join her and spend a merry day gathering flowers.

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Thoreau was ever ready in thought of Proserpina gathering flowers.

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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.

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