Per|seph|o|ne

Per|seph|o|ne
Per|seph|o|ne «puhr SEHF uh nee», noun.
Greek Mythology. the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, who was carried off by Pluto, the king of the lower world, and made his queen. She was allowed to spend part of each year on the earth. The Romans called her Proserpina and the Greeks called Pluto Hades.

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