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  2. Descent of Perithous - Wikipedia

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    The "Descent of Perithous" (Ancient Greek: Πειρίθου κατάβασις, Peirithou katabasis) is a fragmentary epic poem that was ascribed to Hesiod by the 2nd-century CE geographer Pausanias. [1] The eponymous topic of the poem would have been the myth of Theseus and Perithous' trip to Hades seeking to win Persephone as bride for ...

  3. The Garden of Proserpine - Wikipedia

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    "The Garden of Proserpine" is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, published in Poems and Ballads in 1866. Proserpine is the Latin spelling of Persephone, a goddess married to Hades, god of the underworld. According to some accounts, she had a garden of ever blooming flowers (poppies) in the underworld.

  4. Katabasis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Persephone - Wikipedia

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    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 mother Demeter was not likely to allow her daughter to go down to Hades.

  6. 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.

  7. Orphic Hymns - Wikipedia

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    "Hymn of Persephone" Persephone: Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades [365] 20 Depicts her as dual, as both a fertility goddess and queen of the underworld [366] [367] 30 "Offering of Dionysos, storax" Dionysus: God described as being born three times [368] 9 Describes him as son of Zeus and Persephone, identifies him with Protogonos ...

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...