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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.
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.
This prophecy does not come true, however, as while weaving a dress, Persephone is abducted by Hades to be his bride. She becomes the mother of the Erinyes by Hades. [58] In Nonnus's Dionysiaca, the gods of Olympus were bewitched by Persephone's beauty and desired her. Nekyia. Persephone supervising Sisyphus pushing his rock in the Underworld.
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
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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Rape in Greek mythology is a common motif. The struggle to escape from sexual pursuit is one of the most popular motifs of classical mythology.This type of pursuit and struggle could be those of gods assaulting mortals, or mortals upon other mortals, and less commonly also the attacks of mortals upon gods (for example, Ixion's assault of Hera) and gods upon other gods (Poseidon and Demeter ...
Hades and Persephone Once, Hades and Persephone sent a plague to Aonia, in Boeotia, and demanded virgin sacrifice to appease their wraths. Two maiden girls, Metioche and Menippe (the daughters of Orion), offered themselves to save the town, and sacrificed themselves using the shuttles of their looms. Hades and Persephone then turned their ...