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Per·seph·o·ne    Audio Help   [per-sef-uh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
2.a female given name.
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Per·seph·o·ne    Audio Help   (pər-sěf'ə-nē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Greek Mythology
The daughter of Demeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades but rescued by her mother and thereafter spent six months of the year on earth and six months in the underworld.

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Persephone 
wife of Hades, queen of the netherworld, identified with Kore, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, from Gk. Persephone (see person).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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