abduction of Persephone

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The abduction of Persephone is a central Greek myth explaining the origin of the seasons, in which the underworld god Hades seizes Demeter’s daughter Persephone to be his queen.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek myth ⓘ
etiological myth ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
associatedWithCult Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Eleusis ⓘ
Nysa (mythical meadow or plain) ⓘ
depictedInArtForm Baroque sculpture ⓘ
Renaissance painting ⓘ
Roman wall painting ⓘ
ancient Greek vase painting ⓘ
explains seasonal cycle ⓘ
spring ⓘ
winter ⓘ
featuresEvent Demeter searches for Persephone ⓘ
Demeter withdraws fertility from the earth ⓘ
Hades seizes Persephone ⓘ
Persephone eats pomegranate seeds ⓘ
Zeus orders Persephone’s partial return ⓘ
division of Persephone’s time between underworld and earth ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rape of Persephone ⓘ
Rape of Proserpina ⓘ
hasDeity Helios ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Demeter ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
hasRomanCounterpart abduction of Proserpina ⓘ
hasTheme compromise between gods ⓘ
fertility and agriculture ⓘ
life–death cycle ⓘ
marriage by abduction ⓘ
mother–daughter separation ⓘ
origin of the seasons ⓘ
influenced Greek agricultural rites ⓘ
mystery cult symbolism ⓘ
involvesRelationship Demeter as mother of Persephone ⓘ
Hades as husband of Persephone ⓘ
Zeus as father of Persephone ⓘ
narratedIn Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca ⓘ
Homeric Hymn to Demeter ⓘ
linked to: Hymn to Demeter

Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
resultedIn Persephone becomes queen of the underworld ⓘ
institution of seasonal alternation ⓘ
reconciliation of Demeter with the Olympian gods ⓘ
symbolizes cyclical nature of life and death ⓘ
descent into the underworld ⓘ
return of vegetation ⓘ

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Hades → notableMyth → abduction of Persephone ⓘ
Eleusis → mythologicalEvent → Abduction of Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Eleusis → mythologicalAssociation → Search of Demeter for Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Hospitality of King Keleos → relatedMyth → Abduction of Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
abduction of Persephone → hasAlternativeName → Rape of Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
abduction of Persephone → hasRomanCounterpart → abduction of Proserpina ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Erinys → hasRoleIn → myths of Demeter’s search for Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Ceres → linkedMyth → abduction of Proserpina by Pluto ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
House of Keleos → mythologicalEvent → Demeter’s search for Persephone ⓘ
subject linked to: house of Keleos
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Nysa (mythical meadow or plain) → event → abduction of Persephone ⓘ
Nysa (mythical meadow or plain) → relatedMyth → myth of the Rape of Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Aréthuse → appearsInMyth → myth of Proserpine ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore → linkedMyth → myth of Demeter and Persephone ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone
De raptu Proserpinae → subject → abduction of Proserpina by Pluto ⓘ
linked to: abduction of Persephone