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Proserpina
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Proserpina in Roman mythology, the Roman name for
Persephone.
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Pearl Persephone Celebrates Spring's Arrival and Its Mythical Namesake; The First Pomegranate-Flavored Vodka Toasts Greek Goddess Persephone with the Season's Hottest Martini, The Pearl Pomtini.
Business Wire; 3/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...exotic fruit with the arrival of spring. Pearl Persephone, the first pomegranate-flavored vodka...with a toast to its namesake, Greek goddess Persephone. Greeks celebrated Persephone for ushering in the fruitful season of spring...
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Pearl Persephone Celebrates Spring's Arrival and Its Mythical Namesake.
PR Newswire; 3/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...Flavored Vodka Toasts Greek Goddess Persephone With the Season's Hottest Martini...fruit with the arrival of spring. Pearl Persephone, the first pomegranate-flavored vodka...toast to its namesake, Greek goddess Persephone. Greeks celebrated Persephone for ushering...
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Kate Chopin's "Lilacs" and the Myth of Persephone.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The myth of Persephone provides a framework for Kate Chopin...In Sarah Orne Jewett, an American Persephone, she argues that Jewett and many...period used the myth of Demeter and Persephone in their work. Indeed, this story...
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Demeter and Persephone: Lessons from a Myth
Magazine article from: Femspec; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Demeter and Persephone: Lessons from a Myth Agha-Jaffar, Tamara. Demeter and Persephone: Lessons from a Myth (Jefferson, NC: McFarland...1343-3. Agha-Jaffar's Demeter and Persephone is a critical study of the myth that accomplishes...
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A Kid-Friendly 'Persephone' That's More Hit Than Myth
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...real threats facing the young goddess Persephone, according to playwright Kevin Kling...model-child impulses. In "Perfectly Persephone," Kling's good-humored but somewhat...and decorum? Such conduct may charm Persephone's mother, Demeter (Stephanie Burden...
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COMMENTARY: Persephone's Bees are rocking, not stinging
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/10/2006; ; 542 words
; ...Idaho -- What does it take to make Persephone's Bees? Mix electronic keyboards...this summer. I was first introduced to Persephone's Bees last summer when I saw the...in particular: "City of Love" by Persephone's Bees. The song was spunky, a bit...
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`Persephone' is worth a look.(Arts and Lifestyle)(Theater review)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 4/14/2007; ; 694 words
; Byline: LAUREN BECKHAM FALCONE "PERSEPHONE" Presented by the Huntington Theatre...world premiere of Noah Haidle's "Persephone," playing at the Calderwood Pavilion...Center for the Arts through May 6. "Persephone" is the story of a statue of the Greek...
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more persephone page-turners Miss Pettigrew goes to Hollywood Thanks to a tiny publishing house, novels our mothers - and grandmothers - loved have new fans. Now with a film version of one set to be this summer's hit romcom, Roya Nikkhah asks what is the secret of Persephone's success
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...reproduced this side of the Atlantic until Persephone stepped in, the book focuses on English...through an airport," says the founder of Persephone Books. "It is all just so impersonal...where the walls are neatly stacked with Persephone's distinctive dove-grey jacketed...
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FUN PLACE, SERIOUS FOOD ; IN RESTAURANT/STORE SETTING, PERSEPHONE KEEPS ITS FOCUS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/9/2008; ; 700+ words
; DINING OUT PERSEPHONE **1/2 283 Summer St., Boston...first thing you see when you enter Persephone are glass cases filled with hanging...in addition to food. The restaurant Persephone shares its footprint with the boutique...
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Jane Comfort and Co. Explore 'Persephone'
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...s interpretation of the Greek myth "Persephone," and the dance-theater troupe was...Theater Tuesday evening. In the work, Persephone (Svigals) is captured by Hades (Freeman...story than in a literal retelling. "Persephone's journey represents a journey into...
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Persephone
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Persephone In Greek mythology, Persephone was the beautiful daughter of Zeus, king of the gods, and of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. Persephone became queen of the underworld when she married Hades. The...
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Demeter
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...goddess" or "barley mother." Demeter had a daughter by Zeus called Persephone*. The figures of Demeter and Persephone are closely related, and certain aspects of Persephone — for example, as a goddess of the underworld —...
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Hades
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...of the underworld. Hades and Persephone. Hades appears in very few myths...known concerns his kidnapping of Persephone, daughter of Demeter, the goddess...earth. Hades saw the beautiful Persephone while he was riding in a chariot...
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Adonis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...beautiful youth beloved by Aphrodite and Persephone . He was born of the incestuous union...Aphrodite left Adonis in the care of Persephone, who raised him and made him her lover...demanded the youth for herself, but Persephone was unwilling to relinquish him. When...
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Poetry
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...for winter: For each seed consumed, Persephone must spend a month of the year in the...and neglect her work. The story of Persephone and the pomegranate seeds continues...s journey to Paris that parallels Persephone's descent into the underworld. Her...
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