Persephone - Dual Deity - Daughter of Demeter and Zeus - Wife of Hades and the Queen of the Underworld - Cold Cast Bronze Resin

Condition: New
Material: Cold Cast Bronze Resin
Height: 26 cm - 10,2 inches
Width: 12,5 cm - 4,9 inches
Length: 11 cm - 4,3 inches
Weight: 1070 g

In Greek mythology, Persephone, also called Kore , is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld through her abduction by Hades, the god of the underworld, with the approval of her father, Zeus. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation.
Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian mysteries, which promised the initiated a more enjoyable prospect after death. The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on ancient agrarian cults of agricultural communities.
Persephone was commonly worshipped along with Demeter and with the same mysteries. To her alone were dedicated the mysteries celebrated at Athens in the month of Anthesterion. In Classical Greek art, Persephone is invariably portrayed robed, often carrying a sheaf of grain. She may appear as a mystical divinity with a sceptre and a little box, but she was mostly represented in the process of being carried off by Hades.

GRI 145-77567A4 ΠΕΡΣΕΦΟΝΗ 26 ΕΚ - 37,50