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Hermitage. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone ( / pərˈsɛfəniː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized : Persephónē ), also called Kore ( / ˈkɔːriː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized : Kórē, lit. 'the maiden') or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
Eleusinian Mysteries ( Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια) was the name of the mysteries of the city Eleusis . The name of the city Eleusis is Pre-Greek, and may be related with the name of the goddess Eileithyia. [12] Her name Ἐλυσία ( Elysia) in Laconia and Messene probably relates her with the month Eleusinios and Eleusis ...
Perséphone ( Persephone) is a musical work ( mélodrame) for speaker, solo singers, chorus, dancers and orchestra with music by Igor Stravinsky and a libretto by André Gide . It was first performed under the direction of the composer at the Opéra in Paris, on 30 April 1934 in a double bill with the ballet Diane de Poitiers by Jacques Ibert.
Triptolemus / ˌtrɪpˈtɒlɪməs / ( Greek: Τριπτόλεμος, romanized : Triptólemos, lit. 'Tripartite warrior'), also known as Buzyges ( Greek: Βουζύγης, romanized : Buzyges, lit. 'Bull-hitcher'), was a hero in Greek mythology, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries. He was either a mortal prince and the eldest son of King Celeus ...
Proserpina ( / proʊˈsɜːrpɪnə / proh-SUR-pih-nə; [1] Latin: [proːˈsɛrpɪna]) or Proserpine ( / ˈprɒsərpaɪn / PROSS-ər-pyne [1]) is an ancient Roman goddess whose iconography, functions and myths are virtually identical to those of Greek Persephone. Proserpina replaced or was combined with the ancient Roman fertility goddess Libera ...
The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya is located on a coastal plateau of Libya, beyond the boundaries of the city ( extramural ). In approximately 630 BC Greeks from the island of Thera colonized Cyrene. Other Greek colonists not long after increased the population, thus transforming Cyrene into what was regarded ...
Yahoo! ( / ˈjɑːhuː /, styled yahoo! in its logo) [4] [5] is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications .
Proserpina sarcophagus. Coordinates: 50°46′30.07″N 6°4′58.26″E. The Proserpina sarcophagus at Aachen Cathedral Treasury. The Proserpina sarcophagus is a Roman marble sarcophagus from the first quarter of the third century AD, in which Charlemagne was probably interred on 28 January 814 in Aachen cathedral. It is displayed today in the ...