Persephone
Persephone is a Greek goddess whom J.G. Frazer thought might actually be identified with Alphito. She is the daughter of Demeter.
↻ synthesized from 52 sources
When
- First attested
- 1600 BCE
- Attested period
- -1600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient Greek goddess attested from Archaic period; Frazer suggested identification with Alphito.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Acco, Mormo, Triple Goddess, Crone, Mother, Ana, Nimue, Maris, Hera Pais, Hera Teleia, Hera Khera, Moira, Ilythia, Callone, Ngame, Baldr, Tezcatlipōca, Lanikuala, Kaili, Ho-Musubi, Dís, Parcae, Cybele, Greco-Roman Hekate, Porphyrion, Hēraklēs, Nike, Melinoe, Kronian Zeus, Plouton Zeus, Chthonic Hermes, Phoebe, Nyche, Leucophryne, Inanna, Tammuz, Dumuzid, Eros, Selene, the Furies, the Erinyes, Zeus Chthonios, Enodia, Alexiares, Anicetus, Iris, Höðr, Bendis, Kotys, Silenoi, Acheloos, Wanax, Rhea, Iasion, Black Demeter, Rhea-Cybele, Dike, Trophonius, Lucina, Leto, Themis, Plátaia, Erichthonius, Pandora, Chthonie, Coronis, Menippe, Metioche, Apollo Gortynius, Coronides, Macaria, *Preswa, Phanes, Kronos, Titans, Chronos, Erebus, Ouranos, Chaos, Aether, Semele, Nyx, Protogonos, Pallas, Tethys, Nox, Zelus, Perias, Zagreus, Iacchos, Theos, Thea, Eubolos, Eubouleus, Eucles, Dione, Ariadne, Harmonia, Cadmus, Ilat, Shazam, The Sisters of Fate, Theseus, Helen, Castor, Pollux, Iphigenia, Alpheus, Arethusa, Britomartis, Acacallis, Chrysothemis, Carmê, Carmanor, Phylacides, Philander, Great Mother, Europa, Dark Goddess, Grain Goddess, drakaina, King Cleomenes, Thoe, Aglaia, Hestia, Narcissus, Pheme, Echo, Calliope, Hyperion, Medea, Agamedes, Lethe, Herkryna, Hera the Charioteer, Demeter-Europa, Theia, Smyrna, Myrrha, Cupid, nymphs, Adonis, Pallas Athena, Zephyrus, Flora, Primavera, Archangel Gabriel, Saint Laurence, Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis, Mnemosyne, Eurynome, Metis, Eirene, Muses, Eunomia, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Kore, Despoina, Ariane, Cypris, Pirithous, Thésée, Phèdre, Charon, Atlas, Gello, Kagu-tsuchi, Izanagi, Izanami, Quetzalcoatl, Oceanid, Diana, Jupiter, Ares, Dioskouroi, Hermes, Heracles, Poseidon, Arion, Pan, Cronus, Achelous, Ištar, Bia, Echidna, Oceanus, Ishtar, Helios, Zoe, Chiron, Python, Nereus, Odysseus, Achilles, Cerberus, Medusa, Amphitrite, Hephaestus, Nemesis, Eos, Mercury, Virgin Mary, centaur, Apollo, Artemis, Uranus, Sirens
- syncretized with
- Alphito, Libera, Proserpina, Despoina, Leuce, Perse, Premtë, Isis, Gaia, Hagne, Praxidike, Luna, Despoinai
- aspect of
- Hecate
- allied with
- Ceres, Hekate, Rhea, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Eileithyia, Hades, Echemeia, Artemis (Diana), Atlas, Eubuleus, Athena, Adonis, Triptolemus, Arai, Erinnys, Venus
- equivalent to
- Persipnei
- manifested by
- Maiden
- has aspect
- Kore
Mentioned by
- Gello
- Kagu-tsuchi
- Izanagi
- Izanami
- Quetzalcoatl
- Oceanid
- Diana
- Jupiter
- Ares
- Dioskouroi
- Hermes
- Heracles
- Poseidon
- Arion
- Pan
- Cronus
and 44 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“According to Robert Graves, Frazer thought Alphito was actually Demeter or Persephone.”
#5662 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“identified in certain areas or by certain ancient writers with Artemis, Hecate or Persephone. She was paired with Zeus in cult and sometimes shared sanctuaries with him. Enodia is a goddess of roads, protection (apotropaic), ghosts, purification, the city, and cemeteries.”
#10933 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Examples include Ishtar and Persephone, who die every year.”
#12067 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Zeus, it is said, permitted Hades, who was in love with the beautiful Persephone, to abduct her as her mother Demeter was not likely to allow her daughter to go down to Hades. Persephone was gathering flowers, along with the Oceanids”
#13033 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Latin literature, several versions are known, all similar in most respects to the myths of Persephone's abduction by Hades, named variously in Latin sources as Dis or Pluto.”
#13071 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001