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Persephone [r]: In Greek mythology, the wife of Hades and daughter of Demeter, and queen of the underworld.

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	~~From~~ [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]], ~~(Roman: '''Proserpina'''), she was~~ the [[wife]] of [[Hades]] and [[daughter]] of [[Demeter]] and [[queen]] of the [[underworld]]. She was abducted by Hades, but her mother searched for her, and ultimately struck up a bargain so that she would return to [[Mount Olympus]] during the [[spring]], [[summer]], and [[autumn]] [[season]]s, as recounted in the ''[[Homeric Hymn to Demeter]]'', according to [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship\|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This [[definition (general)\|definition]] is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' from [[The Teaching Company]].		In [[Ancient Greece\|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[wife]] of [[Hades]] and [[daughter]] of [[Demeter]], and [[queen]] of the [[underworld]].