- Alternative names
- CoreβKoreβPherrephatteβPersephassaβPersephoneia
- Information
- daughter of Demeter
- Alternative name
- π€ Luna alternative name for Persephone
- Rationalized form
- π€ Kore (rat. Persephone) βπ€ Phersephone (rat. Persephone)
- Sometimes conflated with
- π€ Artemis
- LIMC headword
- Persephone
- Daughter of
- π€ Demeter βπ€ Zeus βπ€ Styx (Oceanid)
- Wife of
- π€ Hades
- Ruler of
- π the Underworld
- Divine patron of
- π Eleusis (Attica) βπ Paros (island) βπ Sicily (island) βπ Antron (Thessaly) βπ Acragas (Sicily)
- Creates
- π River Hercyna (Boiotia)
- Cult sites
- π the Grove of Persephone βποΈ the Temple of Kore Soteira at Spartaβπ Mysia (Argolid) βπ the Sanctuary of the Great Goddesses at Megalopolis (Arcadia)βπ Triphylia βπ Syracuse (Sicily) βπ the Sanctuary of Plouton at Acharaca (Asia Minor)
- Related Entities
- π€ Admetos (Argonaut) βπ€ Adonis βπ€ Aithousa βπ€ Aithra (m. of Theseus) βπ€ Alcestis βπ€ Althaia βπ€ Amphitrite βπ€ Aphrodite βπ€ Apollo βπ€ Ares βπ€ Artemis βπ€ Ascalaphos (s. of Acheron) βπ€ Asclepios βπ€ Athena βπ€ Callirhoe (Oceanid) βπ€ Cerberos (dog) βπ€ Circe βπ€ Cleio (Muse) βπ€ Demeter βπ€ Dionysos βπ€ Doris (Oceanid) βπ€ Electra (Oceanid) βπ the Elysian Fields βπ₯ the Erinyes βπ€ Eumolpos (Thracian) βπ€ Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)βπ€ Eurylochos (Ithacan) βπ€ Ge (personification) βπ€ Hera βπ€ Hestia βπ€ Poseidon βπ€ Hades βπ€ Rhea βπ€ Zeus βπ€ Ganymedes (s. of Tros) βπ the Underworld βπ€ Hephaistos βπ€ Heracles βπ€ Hermes βπ€ Hyacinthos (Laconian) βπ€ Iolaos βπ€ Laodameia (w. of Protesilaos) βπ Eleusis (Attica) βπ Crete (island) βπ€ Theseus βπ€ Orpheus βπ€ Peirithous (Lapith) βπ€ Hecate (goddess)βπ€ Helen βπ₯ the Horai βπ€ Leto βπ€ Meleagros βπ€ Menoites βπ₯ the Moirai βπ₯ the Nereids βπ€ Nereus βπ€ Nike (personification) βπ₯ the Oceanids βπ€ Odysseus βπ€ Protesilaos βπ€ Styx (Oceanid) βπ Tartaros βπ€ Teiresias βπ€ Triptolemos βπΊ the Head of Medousa βπΊ the Club of Heracles βπ₯ the Cattle of Hades βπΊ the Horn of AmaltheiaβπΊ the Golden Wand of Hermesβπ River Oceanos (unlocatable) βπ Ithaca (island) βπ€ Helios βπ Boiotia βπ Argos (city) βπ Phylace (Thessaly) βπ Thebes (Boiotia) βπ Attica βπ Helos (Laconia) βπ Mount Olympos (N. Greece) βπ Paros (island) βπ Sicily (island) βπ Tainaron (Laconia) βπ River Styx (Underworld) βπ Hermion (Argolid) βπ Ausonia (Italy) βπ River Acheloos (Aitolia) βπ River Acheron (Underworld) βπ the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable) βπ Antron (Thessaly) βπ€ Phaethon (s. of Helios) βπ€ Eros βπ€ Admete (Oceanid) βπ€ Ianthe βπ€ Ourania (Oceanid) βπ€ Rhodeia (Oceanid) βπ€ Galaxaura βπ€ Melobosis βπ€ Plouto (Oceanid) βπ€ Ianeira (Oceanid) βπ€ Acaste βπ€ Chryseis (Oceanid) βπ€ Calypso (Oceanid) βπ€ Tyche βπ€ Ocyrhoe (Oceanid) βπ€ Phobos βπ Erebos (Underworld) βπ€ Hercyna (eponym) βπ€ Eubouleus βπ River Periphlegethon (Underworld) βπ the Grove of Persephone βπ River Cocytos (Underworld) βπ River Lethe (Underworld) βπ€ Leucippe (Oceanid) βπ€ Ocnos βπ€ Pelasgos (Argive) βπ€ Perimedes (Ithacan) βπ€ Polyboia (d. of Amyclas) βπ€ Hygieia βπ€ Phaino βπ€ Chrysanthis βπ the Sanctuary of Eleusinian Demeter near Mount Taygetos (Laconia)βπ€ Cybele βπ the Sanctuary of Sarapis at AthensβποΈ the Temple of Kore Soteira at Spartaβπ Lebadeia (Boiotia) βπ Mysia (Argolid) βπ Erineos (Eleusis) βπ the Rarian Plain (Eleusis) βποΈ Callichoron Well (Eleusis) βπ₯ the Daughters of Celeos βποΈ Anaclethris (Megara) βπ€ Poine βπ the Site of Persephone's abduction (Argolid) ββ³ the Search of Demeter for PersephoneβποΈ the Cave of Black Demeter (Arcadia) βπΊ the Chariot of Triptolemos βπ River Hercyna (Boiotia) βπ the Sanctuary of the Great Goddesses at Megalopolis (Arcadia)βπ€ Iacchos (Eleusinian) βπ€ Agon βποΈ the Temple of Demeter at EleusisβπΊ the Chariot of Hadesβπ€ Melite (Oceanid)βπ€ Iache βπ€ Rhodope (Oceanid)βπ NysiΞΏn Plain (unlocatable) βπ Triphylia βπΊ the Chariot of Heliosβπ Syracuse (Sicily) βπΊ the Lyre of Orpheusβπ Acragas (Sicily) βπ the Land of the Melanes βπ€ Metioche (Boiotian) βπ€ Menippe (Boiotian) ββ Metioche and Menippeβπ Hipponion (Italy)βπ€ Minthe βπ Mount Minthe (Elis)βπ River Acheron (Elis) βπ₯ the Horses of Helios βπ Campania (Italy) βπ the Sanctuary of Plouton at Acharaca (Asia Minor)βπΊ the Helmet of Odysseus
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Epitome 7.34βπ Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.3.1βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.5.1βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.5.3βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.9.15βπ Apollodoros, Library 3.14.4βπ Lycophron, Alexandra 662-711βπ Pausanias 1.2.4βπ Pausanias 4.30.4βπ Pausanias 1.18.4βπ Pausanias 1.38.3βπ Pausanias 1.38.5βπ Pausanias 1.43.2βπ Pausanias 8.37.9βπ Pausanias 9.39.2βπ Pausanias 2.18.3βπ Pausanias 2.36.7βπ Pausanias 5.26.2βπ Pausanias 8.31.2βπ Pausanias 8.42.2βπ Pausanias 9.31.9βπ Homer, Odyssey 10.490-10.521βπ Homer, Odyssey 10.508-11.49βπ Homer, Odyssey 11.628-11.640βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 1-32βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 51-89βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 334-356βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 375-385βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 405-433βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 434-440βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 441-469βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 483-495βπ Homeric Hymn 13 to Demeter 1-3βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 40-50βπ Euripides, Suppliant Women 1-41βπ Homer, Iliad 9.529-9.581βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 301-324βπ Pausanias 3.20.5-3.20.6βπ Pausanias 3.19.3-3.19.4βπ Pausanias 1.14.1-1.14.3βπ Pausanias 1.41.3-1.41.6βπ Pausanias 8.42.1-8.42.4βπ Pausanias 5.17.3-5.17.4βπ Pausanias 5.20.2-5.20.3βπ Pausanias 9.23.3-9.23.5βπ Apollodoros, Epitome 1.23-1.24βπ Apollodoros, Library 1.5.1-1.5.3βπ Hesiod, Theogony 767-774βπ Hesiod, Theogony 912-914βπ Euripides, Phoenician Women 638-689βπ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 123 Mostβπ Hesiod, Catabasis of Peirithous fr. 216 Mostβπ Minyad fr. 7 Westβπ Bacchylides, Odes 3βπ Bacchylides, Odes 5βπ Bacchylides fr. 47βπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 19.1 MacLeodβπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.1-28.2 MacLeodβπ Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 28.3 MacLeodβπ Lucian, On Funerals 6βπ Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 9βπ Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 1-23βπ Minyad fr. 8 Westβπ Lucian, The Dance 40βπ Pindar, Olympian 6 92-105βπ Ps-Lucian, Charidemos 16βπ Pindar, Olympian 14 1-24βπ Corinna fr. 656 PMGβπ Pindar, Pythian 12 1-32βπ Pindar, Nemean 1 1-18βπ Pindar, Isthmian 8 49-60βπ Strabo 6.1.5βπ Euripides, Alcestis 326β365βπ D-Scholia, Iliad 3.144βπ Pindar fr. 133 Snell-Maehlerβπ Strabo 8.3.14βπ Strabo 8.3.15βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128βπ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271βπ Strabo 16.2.38-16.2.39βπ Strabo 14.1.44-14.1.45βπ Vergil, Georgics 1.1-1.42βπ Vergil, Georgics 4.453-4.527βπ Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10βπ Callimachus, Epigram 39 Pfeifferβπ Callimachus, Hecale fr. 100 Hollisβπ Callimachus, Hecale fr. 172 Hollisβπ Callimachus, Hecale fr. 103 Hollisβπ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 24: Ascalaphosβπ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 25: Metioche and MenippeββοΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)βπ P.Mich. inv. 1447 verso
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, EpitomeβApollodoros, LibraryβHomer, IliadβHesiod, TheogonyβLycophron, AlexandraβHomer, Odysseyβ MinyadβPindar, Olympian 6βPausaniasβPindarβCorinnaβEuripides, Suppliant WomenβEuripides, Alcestisβ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeterβ Homeric Hymn 13 to DemeterβHesiod, EhoiaiβEuripides, Phoenician WomenβStraboβHesiod, Catabasis of PeirithousβBacchylides, OdesβBacchylidesβLucian, Dialogues of the GodsβLucian, Dialogues of the DeadβLucian, On FuneralsβLucian, Menippus, or the Descent into HadesβCallimachus, Hymn to DemeterβLucian, The DanceβPs-Lucian, CharidemosβPindar, Olympian 14βPindar, Pythian 12βPindar, Nemean 1βPindar, Isthmian 8βDiodoros, LibraryβAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesβD-Scholia, IliadβOvid, MetamorphosesβCallimachus, EpigramβVergil, GeorgicsβCallimachus, Hecale
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Orpheus fr. 382 BernabΓ©βπ Pamphosβπ Pindar fr. 258 Snell-Maehlerβπ Homer, Odyssey 10.490-10.521βπ Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter 405-433βπ Hellanicos fr. 168 Fowlerβπ Corinna fr. 656 PMGβπ Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 59βπ Euhemerus test. 60 Winiarczykβπ Nicander, Heteroeumena fr. 56 Gow-Scholfieldβπ Nicander, Heteroeumena fr. 57 Gow-Scholfield
- Depictions
- π¨ Attic Red-Figure Krater in the manner of the Jena Painter (CAMU Ξ 188; Beazley 30263; LIMC Hades 72)βπ¨ Lucanian Red-Figure Nestoris attributed to the Primato Painter (Nicholson NM46.46.1-2; LIMC Herakles 3483)βπ¨ Greek Terracotta Votive Figurine (Monash 127.011)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Polygnotan Group (Otago E48.67)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa e Panificio di Papirius Sabinus IX 3, 19-20, Pompeii (PALP r9-i3-p19-space-e)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Plate attributed to the Gecko Painter (Otago E59.1; Beazley 6710)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Ara Capitale IX 11, 1, Pompeii (PALP r9-i11-p1)βπ¨ Wall paintings from Casa di Trittolemo VII 7, 5, Pompeii (PALP r7-i7-p5-space-n)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 1195; ASR III. 1, no.26, pl. 6)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Capitoline 249; ASR III. 3, no. 392, pl. 125)βπ¨ Wall paintings from Colombarium of the Caecilii, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10790)βπ¨ Wall paintings from Colombarium of D. Folius Mela, Ostia (Gregoriano Profano 10789)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Hydria (BM 1868,0606.8; LIMC Demeter 368)
- Reported depictions
- ποΈ the Temple of Hera at Olympia βπ the Sanctuary of the Great Goddesses at Megalopolis (Arcadia)βπΊ the Tapestry of Arachne βπ¨ Cult Statues in the Temple of Demeter, Athens, by Praxiteles (LIMC Demeter 14)βπ¨ Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219)βπ¨ Statues dedicated by Micythos of Tegea in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia (LIMC Aphrodite 137)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from of
- π Argos (city)