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پرسفونه

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پرسفونه

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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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Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Gender
female
Spouse
Hades
Child
Zagreus
Father
Zeus
Mother
Styx
Sibling
Despoina
Image
Rape of Prosepina September 2015-3a.jpg
Work location
Ancient Greece
Said to be same as
Libera
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topic's main category
Category:Persephone
Commons category
Persephone
worshipped by
Greek mythology
unmarried partner
Zeus
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
present in work
Hades
name in native language
Περσεφόνη
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