Persephone

Also known as Kore

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( ; , classical pronunciation: ), also called Kore () or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld, who later took her into marriage. The myth of her abduction, her sojourn in the underworld, and her cyclical return to the surface represents her functions as the embodiment of spring and the personification of vegetation, especially grain crops, which disappear into the earth when sown, remain hidden for a period, sprout from the earth, a

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Persephone is a figure from ancient Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter who became queen of the underworld after being abducted and married by her uncle Hades. Her myth—involving her abduction, time in the underworld, and cyclical return to the surface—was central to ancient Greek religion because it represented the seasonal cycle of vegetation and grain crops disappearing and reappearing from the earth.

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Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Persephone
Deity.image: AMI - Isis-Persephone.jpg
Deity.caption: Statue of syncretic Persephone-Isis with a sistrum. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete
Deity.abode: The underworld
Deity.symbol: Pomegranate, seeds of grain, flaming torch and Flail
Deity.parents: Zeus and Demeter
Deity.spouse: Hades
Deity.children: Zagreus, Melinoë
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Proserpina

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Commons category: Persephone
name in native language: Περσεφόνη

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Contents

Name
Titles and functions
Goddess of spring and nature
Queen of the underworld
Nestis
Epithets
Mythology
Variations
Interpretation of the myth
Adonis
Wrath myths
Favour myths
Worship
Origins
In the Near East and Minoan Crete
In Mycenaean Greece
Secret rituals and festivals
In Rome
In Magna Graecia
In Orphism
Other local cults
Modern reception
Jungian interpretation
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

In Classical Greek art, Persephone is invariably portrayed robed, often carrying a sheaf of grain. She may appear as a mystical divinity with a sceptre and a little box, but she was mostly represented in the process of being carried off by Hades.