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2. Persephone in popular culture - Wikipedia

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   Persephone in popular culture. Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter in Greek mythology, appears in films, works of literature, and in popular culture, both as a goddess character and through the symbolic use of her name. She becomes the queen of the underworld through her abduction by Hades, the god of the underworld. [1]

3. Persephone - Wikipedia

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   Persephone and Dionysos. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th–3rd century B.C. Marble. Hermitage.. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (/ p ər ˈ s ɛ f ə n iː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized: Persephónē, classical pronunciation: [per.se.pʰó.nɛː]), also called Kore (/ ˈ k ɔːr iː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit.

4. Thesmophoria - Wikipedia

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   t. e. The Thesmophoria (Ancient Greek: Θεσμοφόρια) was an ancient Greek religious festival, held in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone. It was held annually, mostly around the time that seeds were sown in late autumn – though in some places it was associated with the harvest instead – and celebrated human and ...

5. Class of the Titans - Wikipedia

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   The series was released on DVD. The first DVD, Chaos, was released on February 19, 2008, and included episodes 1-3 and a behind-the-scenes featurette. The second DVD, Trojan Horse, was released on May 20, 2008, and contained episodes 4–6. "Class of the Titans: Vol. 1 Season 1" was released on November 18, 2008, and contained episodes 1–13.

6. The Garden of Proserpine - Wikipedia

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   The Garden of Proserpine. " 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.

7. Law of abode - Wikipedia

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   Law of abode. The Law of Abode is a law in Greek mythology that is older than Zeus and all are powerless to revoke. The Law of Abode states that if any food or drink should pass through your lips while in the realm of Hades, then you may not go back above to Earth and are forever doomed to stay in the underworld. When Persephone was kidnapped ...

8. Anthesphoria - Wikipedia

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   Anthesphoria. The Anthesphoria was one of the religious festivals held in Ancient Greece in honor of Persephone 's return from the Underworld. [1] According to mythological tradition, Persephone's husband, Hades, tricked her into eating four pomegranate seeds when Zeus ordered him to let her return to her mother after he had kidnapped her.

9. Katabasis - Wikipedia

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   A katabasis or catabasis (Ancient Greek: κατάβασις, romanized: katábasis, lit. 'descent'; from κατὰ (katà) 'down' and βαίνω (baínō) 'go') is a journey to the underworld. Its original sense is usually associated with Greek mythology and Classical mythology more broadly, where the protagonist visits the Greek underworld ...