Persephone

In Greek mythology, Persephone (Greek ?????????, Classical Greek Persephón?, Modern Greek Persefóni) was the queen of the Underworld, the Kore or young maiden, and the daughter of Demeter.

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Greek mythology - Greek - Classical Greek - Modern Greek - Underworld - Kore - Demeter

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Persephone ("she who destroys the light") is her name in the Ionic Greek of epic literature. In other dialects she was known under various other names: Persephassa, Persephatta, or simply Kore. The Romans first heard of her from the Aeolian and Dorian cities of Magna Graecia, who used the dialectal variant Proserpina.

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Ionic Greek - Epic - Romans - Aeolian - Dorian - Magna Graecia

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Hence, in Roman mythology she was called Proserpina, and as a revived Roman Proserpina she became an emblematic figure of the Renaissance.

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Roman mythology - Proserpina - Renaissance

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