Proserpine
noun
1.
Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
2.
a female given name.
noun
1.
Persephone.
noun
1.
(Greek myth) a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades and made his wife and queen of the underworld, but allowed part of each year to leave it Roman counterpart Proserpina
noun
1.
the Roman goddess of the underworld Greek counterpart Persephone
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