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24 mar 2016 · Persephone (aka Kore) was the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation, especially grain, and the wife of Hades, the ruler of the Underworld. Persephone was an important element of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Thesmophoria festival and so the goddess was worshipped throughout the Greek world.
11 mar 2023 · Persephone is a goddess queen of the underworld and wife of the god Hades. She is the daughter of Demeter and sometimes is referred to as Kore (the maiden) in her role as the goddess of Spring’s bounty.
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.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153. Persephone, the daughter of the goddess Demeter, was condemned to spend half of each year with Hades, the ruler of the underworld. In this grandiose representation, Persephone ascends to earth through a rocky outcrop.
Persephone, the goddess of vegetation, was condemned to spend part of each year in the underworld, among the dead, as the unwilling queen of the god Hades. At the end of this purgatory, she ascended to the upper world and was reunited with her mother, Demeter, the goddess of harvest and agriculture.
In ancient art, Persephone is frequently depicted holding a pomegranate, the fruit that bound her to the underworld. The Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important religious rites in ancient Greece, were dedicated to Persephone and her mother Demeter.
Persephone, Athenian red-figure bell krater C5th B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides (Hades). She was also the goddess of spring growth, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
