Tag: Proserpina
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Simone Pignoni, The Rape of Proserpine 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 34
Proserpina, or Proserpine is an ancient Roman goddess whose cult, myths and mysteries were based on those of Greek Persephone and her mother Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture. The Romans identified Proserpina with their native fertility goddess Libera, daughter of the grain and agriculture goddess Ceres and wife to Liber. Venus, in order…
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