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PROSERPINE/PROSERPINAPersephone

The daughter of Ceres, wife of Hades. In Greek myth, she is called Persephone. As Queen of the Underworld, she received the gift of a golden bough from Aeneas.

Also see:

Demeter myth feature
Demeter Glossary Entry
Aeneid and Vergil feature
Hades' Realm in the Aeneid

Aeneas Book VI Glossary Entries

Aeneas
Anchises
Cerberus
Charon
Deiphobus
Dido
Elysium/Elysian Fields
Furies
Hercules
Jupiter
Lethe
Misenus
Palinurus
Priam
Proserpine
Rhadamanthus
Sibyl
Sisyphus

 

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