![]() ![]() The patient said, 'They are taking it easy, drinking the water of Lethe. "Īesop, Fables 133 (from Chambry 133 & Babrius 75) (trans. "No man, once the earth has covered him and he has gone down into the darkness, the home of Persephone, has the pleasure of listening to the lure or piper or of raising to his lips the gift of Dionysos. No one else has ever contrived this, once death's dark cloud has enveloped him and he has come to the shadowy place of the dead and passed the black gates which hold back the souls of the dead, for all their protestations." "Persephone who impairs the mind of mortals and brings them forgetfulness. "Sing of Demeter and Kore (Core, the Maiden), wife of Klymenos (the Famous One)." "She died before her marriage and was received by the dark chamber of Persephone." Sappho, Fragment 158D (from Palatine Anthology) (trans. "For these Akhilleus' (Achilles') hand pointed the way down to Persephone's abode. "Then let Ekho (Echo) speed to Persephone's dark-walled dwelling, to his father Kleodemos bearing the glorious tidings." keeps watch and devours whomsoever he catches going out of the gates of strong Haides and awful Persephone." A fearful hound guards the house in front. "There, in front, stand the echoing halls of the god of the lower-world, strong Haides, and of awful Persephone. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) : More specific aspects are detailed in the sections which follow. This section contains general references to this role. Persephone was the queen of the land of the dead. "I sing of the mother of Ploutos (Plutus, Wealth), Demeter Olympia, in the garland-wearing season, and of you, Persephone, child of Zeus: greetings, both! Tend the city well." Greek Lyric V Scolia, Fragment 885 (trans. "Sing of Demeter, ruler of corn-rich Sikelia (Sicily), and of the violet-garlanded Koure (Core). "I sing of Demeter and Kore (Core, the Maiden), wife of Klymenos (Clymenus, the Famous One)." īacchylides, Fragment 3 (trans. Hear, blessed Goddess, send a rich increase of various fruits from earth, with lovely peace : send health with gentle hand, and crown my life with blest abundance, free from noisy strife last in extreme old age the prey of death, dismiss me willing to the realms beneath, to thy fair palace and the blissful plains where happy spirits dwell, and Plouton reigns." III. O vernal queen, whom grassy plains delight, sweet to the smell, and pleasing to the sight : whose holy form in budding fruits we view, earth's vigorous offspring of a various hue : espoused in autumn, life and death alone to wretched mortals from thy power is known : for thine the task, according to thy will, life to produce, and all that lives to kill. ![]() With fruits abounding, of a bounteous mind, horned, and alone desired by those of mortal kind. Associate of the Horai (Seasons), essence bright, all-ruling virgin, bearing heavenly light. Mother of Eubouleos, sonorous, divine, and many-formed, the parent of the vine. The Eumenides' source, fair-haired, whose frame proceeds from Zeus' ineffable and secret seeds. Zeus' holy offspring, of a beauteous mien, Praxidike (Avenging-Goddess), subterranean queen. Daughter of Zeus, Persephone divine, come, blessed queen, and to these rites incline: only-befotten, Plouton's honoured wife, O venerable Goddess, source of life: 'tis thine in earth's profundities to dwell, fast by the wide and dismal gates of hell. "I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess, of her and of her daughter lovely Persephone." II. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) : This page contains descriptions of her various divine functions, her sacred plants and animals, and a list of titles and epithets.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES HYMNS TO PERSEPHONE I. PERSEPHONE was the queen of the underworld and the goddess of spring growth. ![]() Proserpina Persephone and Hades, Greco-Roman bas relief, National Museum of Magna Graecia, Reggio Calabria ![]()
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