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The Rape of Persephone, or Abduction of Persephone, is a classical mythological subject in Western art, depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades.In this context, the word Rape refers to the traditional translation of the Latin raptus ('seized' or 'carried off') which refers to bride kidnapping rather than the potential ensuing sexual violence.
Sarcophagus with the abduction of Persephone. Walters Art Museum. Baltimore, Maryland. Persephone's abduction by Hades [f] is mentioned briefly in Hesiod's Theogony, [39] and is told in considerable detail in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Zeus, it is said, permitted Hades, who was in love with the beautiful Persephone, to abduct her as her ...
Orpheus, to rescue Eurydice from Hades; Psyche; Pelops, son of Tantalus [39] Odysseus; Aeneas, to speak to his father in the Aeneid; Theseus and Pirithous try to abduct Persephone; they fail, and only Theseus is rescued by Heracles; Devadatta pulled into Avici after various transgressions against the Buddha. Persephone, in a cyclic patterns of ...
Persephone was abducted by Hades, who desired a wife. When Persephone was gathering flowers, she was entranced by a narcissus flower planted by Gaia (to lure her to the underworld as a favor to Hades), and when she picked it the earth suddenly opened up. [64] Hades, appearing in a golden chariot, seduced and carried Persephone into the underworld.
Hades obtained his wife and queen, Persephone, through abduction at the behest of Zeus. [24] This myth is the most important one Hades takes part in; [ 25 ] it also connected the Eleusinian Mysteries with the Olympian pantheon, particularly as represented in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter , which is the oldest story of the abduction, most likely ...
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Peirithous (voiced by Michael Donovan) - A friend of Theseus who, along with him, traveled to the Underworld in an attempt to abduct Persephone. Hades trapped them in the Chairs of Forgetfulness. Hercules was able to rescue Theseus, but was unable to free Perithous as the Underworld shook when he tried to free him.
When the Otsutsuki members abduct Naruto during the Chunin Exam, Sasuke is accompanied by Boruto as he and the Kage — the leaders of the ninja villages — travel to Momoshiki's planet to save Naruto. Sasuke then aids Naruto and Boruto in defeating Momoshiki, who absorbs Kinshiki to increase his power. [71]