per-SE-fo-neh] In Greek mythology, was the queen of the Underworld, the Kore or young maiden, and the daughter of Demeter. (see Kore)

Consort of Hades. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Kidnapped by Hades, and forced to live part of each year in his realm because she ate a seed from his pomegranate.

(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina

Greek; Goddess of the Underworld as well as Harvest. Daughter of Demeter.

( Persephone): n. [Ancient Greek Mythology] The daughter of Demeter and the Queen of the Underworld as the wife of Hades.

Mythological embodiment of the season cycle; as she returns from the underworld every year, so spring arrives.

In Greek mythology, Persephone (Greek Περσεφόνη, Persephónē) was the Queen of the Underworld, the Kore or young maiden, and the daughter of Demeter— and Zeus, in the Olympian version.