Proserpine
Americannoun
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While in the Underworld, Proserpine eats pomegranate seeds, which means she has to stay with Pluto for part of the year and then can return above.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Proserpine, the daughter of the goddess Ceres, is nearby picking flowers.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022
They watched the wild weather dismantle their life’s work for another 12 hours as Debbie’s eye passed right over nearby Proserpine.
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2017
John Collins, a member of the Whitsundays government council, was sheltering from the storm with his wife and four daughters inside their house in Proserpine.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2017
Proserpine was willing to do Venus a service, and Psyche, greatly encouraged, bore back the box, returning far more quickly than she had gone down.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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