Rachael LaingTim Morris

Jahlel Watkins

Proserpina

The Abduction (or Rape) of Proserpina

Ceres’ SearchThe Return and Fate of Proserpina

Stages of the Myth

Pluto (aka Hades, or Dis)Proserpina (aka Persephone)Ceres (aka Demeter)Jupiter (aka Zeus)CyaneArethusaAscalaphus

Names To Know

Cyane “Melting” Into Her Swamp

Ceres Into An Old WomanAnnoying Boy Into A LizardAscalaphus Into A Screech OwlProserpina’s Friends Into The Sirens

Metamorphoses

Bernini1623

Galleria Borghese

Pluto and Proserpina

Thomas Hart Benton1938-1939

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Persephone

Vergina, Macedonia Tomb I4th Century B.C.Classic Greek

Greek Fresco

James Childs2002

Rape of Persephone

Christoph Schwartz1500s

Rape of Persephone

Rape of Persephone

Luca Giordano, 1686London National Gallery