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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.
The generic name Eumillipes means "true millipede" (or "true thousand feet"). As the first millipede discovered with more than 1,000 legs, this millipede lives up to its name. The specific name persephone is a reference to the Greek goddess of the same name, who was the queen of the underworld, alluding to the subterranean lifestyle of this ...
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org ألفية الأرجل الحقيقية; Usage on da.wikipedia.org Eumillipes
399 Persephone, an asteroid; A conjectured name for a planet beyond Neptune and Pluto (see also #Science fiction, below) As such, an early proposed name for Eris (dwarf planet) and Charon (moon) As such, a proposed name for Planet Nine; Persephone (spacecraft), a proposed orbiter mission to the Pluto system as a follow-up to New Horizons
Minor planet category. Main belt: Orbital characteristics [2] Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) Uncertainty parameter 0: ... 399 Persephone is a main belt asteroid.
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.
Name Image Description Aphrodite Ἀφροδίτη: Goddess of sexual love and beauty. [40] In Hesiod's Theogony she is born from the castrated genitals of Uranus, while in the Iliad she is the child of Zeus and Dione. [41] She was worshipped throughout the Hellenic, and her best-known cults were located on the island of Cyprus. [42]
Nothing is known of her native iconography: her name translates as a feminine form of Liber, "the free one". Proserpina's name is a Latinisation of "Persephone", perhaps influenced by the Latin proserpere ("to emerge, to creep forth"), with reference to the growing of grain.