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Persephone Persephoneia


~ PERSEPHONEIA  or PERSEPHONE
~ PERSEPHONE  PROSERPINA or KORA  in ROME KNOWN AS LIBERA
              id+ INFERTILITY
              myth> DAUGHTER OF ZEUS & DEMETER
  WIFE OF HADES or AIDES
  SHE WAS ABDUCTED TO THE UNDERWORLD BY PLUTO or HADES
  HER UNHAPPINESS BECOME LOVE BUT THE MARRIAGE WAS STERILE
  med> symbol of LOVE IN A CHILDLESS MARRIAGE    sug> INFERTILITY
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& PERSEPHONE
  art> HADES & PERSEPHONE ARE
       often REPRESENTED EACH HOLDING A FRUIT
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& PERSEPHONE
  id+ PERSEPHONE CAN BE SEEN AS A SYMBOL OF
      DEATH AND CONCURRENTLY AS HOPE
  PERSEPHONE PROCLAIMS THE BELIEF THAT FROM DEATH SPRINGS NEW LIFE
  AS SUCH SHE IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF YOUTH AND BLOOMING LIFE

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