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"Demeter, Triptolemus, and Proserpina" — Gayley, 1893

Demeter Triptolemus

"Demeter, Triptolemus, and Proserpina" — Gayley, 1893

Roman god of the underworld and the judge of the dead

Pluto abducts Proserpina

Roman god of the underworld and the judge of the dead

Roman god of the underworld

Pluto and Proserpina

Roman god of the underworld

Pluto and Proserpina by Bernini in the Villa Borghese.

Pluto and Proserpina

Pluto and Proserpina by Bernini in the Villa Borghese.

"Mercury was sent, accompanied by Spring, to demand Persephone of Pluto. The wily monarch consented, but, alas! the maiden had taken a pomegranate which Pluto offered her, and had sucked the sweet pulp from a few of the seeds. This was enough to prevent her complete release, by which she was to pass half the time with her mother, and the rest with her husband Pluto." —Bulfinch, 1897

Pluto, Persephone, and Mercury

"Mercury was sent, accompanied by Spring, to demand Persephone of Pluto. The wily monarch consented,…

"Rape of Proserpina" — Gayley, 1893

Proserpina

"Rape of Proserpina" — Gayley, 1893