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Bookmark or Share- PERSEPHONE - Greek Goddess of Spring, Queen of the Underworld (Roman ...Translation. Destroy-Slay. Persephone, Athenian red-figure bell krater C5th B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art. PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides (Hades). She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- Persephone | Relationships & Story | BritannicaPersephone, in Greek religion, daughter of Zeus, the chief god, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture; she was the wife of Hades, king of the underworld. In the Homeric “Hymn to Demeter,” the story is told of how Persephone was gathering flowers in the Vale of Nysa when she was seized by Hades and removed to the underworld.
- Persephone - World History EncyclopediaPersephone (aka Kore) was the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation, especially grain, and the wife of Hades, the ruler of the Underworld. Persephone was an important element of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Thesmophoria festival and so the goddess was worshipped throughout the Greek world.
- Persephone – MythopediaPersephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld. Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave. Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home.
- Persephone | Greek Goddess - Greek MythologyPersephone (Greek: Περσεφόνη, transl.: Persephónē), in Greek mythology, is the goddess of herbs, flowers, fruits, and perfumes. She is the daughter of Zeus with her sister Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and the seasons; having been born after her father's marriage to Métis and before his marriage to Hera.
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