[N.B. to C1st A.D.) : Seneca, Hercules Furens 547 ff (trans. ‘When with these prayers you have made appeal to the noble nations of the dead, then you must sacrifice a ram and a black ewe; bend the victims' heads down towards Erebos, but turn your own head away and look towards the waters of the river. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. Greek Lyric IV) (C5th B.C.) (4) Persephone Favour: Alcestis (returns her to the living) ", Aesop, Fables 133 (from Chambry 133 & Babrius 75) (trans. : See ALSO other related sections on this page. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 4. . And if in the Underworld you are known as 'dreaded Persephone', you are not known there as you are known here. ], Callimachus, Fragment 478 (from Etymologicum Florentine s.v. Persephone was the mistress of the Erinyes (Furies)--underworld daimones who punished the crimes of filial betrayal, impiety and murder. . The time has come for me to speak from the heart of a Mystic Crone. 410 ff (trans. ", Virgil, Aeneid 6. Greek Lyric IV) (C5th B.C.) Showerman) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. keeps watch and devours whomsoever he catches going out of the gates of strong Haides and awful Persephone. Greek Lyric I) (C6th B.C.) Asphodelos (trans. : The blind seer's thought is wakeful still, for to him alone, even after death, Persephone has accorded wisdom; the other dead are but flitting shadows . He [Zeus] rescued Semele's son [Dionysos] from the flaming fire, he saved Bakkhos (Bacchus) from the thunderbolt, while still a baby brat . : . "[Kirke (Circe) instructs Odysseus in the rites of necromancy :] ‘You must visit the house of dread Persephone and of Haides, and there seek counsel from the spirit of Theban Teiresias (Tiresias). ", Orphic Hymn 29 to Persephone (trans. .’ Kore and Klymenos are euphemistic titles for Persephone and Haides. Gibbs) (Greek fable C6th B.C.) Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. This scared me, so I immediately stepped forward and grasped their royal sceptres as I solemnly swore that this was simply a ridiculous accusation, since you are not really a doctor at all. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : At this, the souls of the dead and gone will come flocking there. I feared that august Persephone might send against me from Haides' house the Gorgoneion (gorgon's head) of some grisly monster. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) Then there came before me the soulds of Akhilleus (Achilles) and Patroklos (Patroclus) , of noble Antilokhos (Antilochus) and of Aias (Ajax) . . Mozley) (Roman poetry C1st A.D.) : 410 ff (trans. [N.B. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. ", For MYTHS of Persephone as the goddess of grain and spring see: Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon C10th A.D.) : "She [Skylla] who feared not Leptynis [i.e. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) : Bacchylides, Fragment 3 (trans. He queries her :] ‘Is this some wraith that august Persephone has sent me to increase my sorrowing and my tears?' (2) Persephone Favour: Sisyphus (allows return from the dead) You have not seen Semele at home in Olympos. 138 ff (trans. 386 : . Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. Walsh) (Roman novel C2nd A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 4. : : Lasus, Fragment 702 (trans. Campbell, Vol. . More specific aspects are detailed in the sections which follow. reincarnation]; from them arise glorious kings and men of splendid might and surpassing wisdom, and for all remaining time are they called holy heroes amongst mankind.’", Statius, Silvae 5. The sinews no longer hold flesh and bones together; these are all prey to the resistless power of fire when once the life has left the white bones; the soul takes wing as a dream takes wing, and thereafter hovers to and fro . PERSEPHONE was the queen of the underworld and the goddess of spring growth. for Persephone, through Tartaros dark and wide, gave thee for ever flowing souls to guide. . ], Seneca, Hercules Furens 547 ff (trans. With fruits abounding, of a bounteous mind, horned, and alone desired by those of mortal kind. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C.

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