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  2. Rape of Persephone - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Persephone - Wikipedia

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    Zeus, it is said, permitted Hades, who was in love with the beautiful Persephone, to abduct her as her mother Demeter was not likely to allow her daughter to go down to Hades. Persephone was gathering flowers, along with the Oceanids, and the goddesses Pallas Athena and Artemis, as the Homeric Hymn says, in a field when Hades came to abduct her ...

  4. Hades - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Greek underworld - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Grammy Winner Allison Russell on What She’s Learned ... - AOL

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    Allison Russell, the Grammy-winning Americana artist, is coming back up from the underground. On Sunday night, she finishes up a 15-week run in Broadway’s “Hadestown,” which has left her ...

  7. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Helen of Troy - Wikipedia

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    Side A from an Attic red-figure bell-krater, c. 440–430 BC (Louvre, Paris). Two Athenians, Theseus and Pirithous, thought that since they were sons of gods, they should have divine wives; they thus pledged to help each other abduct two daughters of Zeus. Theseus chose Helen, and Pirithous vowed to marry Persephone, the wife of Hades.

  9. The Playboy Bunny costume may be 'iconic,' but here's why ...

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    To wear this costume, you were subjecting yourself to whether or not your manager thinks your butt looks a little big today … it really is a culturally heavy garment. This was a regulated, elite ...