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Proserpina

Proserpina, Proserpine, wife of Pluto, and queen of the Lower World

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Prōserpina, ae, f.: Proserpina, daughter of Jupiter and Ceres, carried away by Pluto from Enna in Sicily, and made queen of Hades, 4.698, et al.
Prō̆serpĭna, ae, f., = Περσεφόνη.
  • Proserpine, daughter of Ceres and Jupiter, and wife of Pluto, who seized her as she was gathering flowers in Sicily, and carried her away to the infernal regions: Cereris Proserpina puer, Naev. 2, 18; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; 3, 34, 83; Ov. M. 5, 391; Hyg. Fab. 146.—
  • II Poet., for the Lower World: sed me Imperiosa trahit Proserpina: vive, valeque, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.

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