The maiden or Cora is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter.

Roman name for persephone. Persephones Greek name was of course Persephone. Περσεφόνη also called Kore ˈkɔəriː. Persephone was gathering flowers in a meadow one day when a huge crack opened up in the earth and Hades King of the Dead emerged from the Underworld.

In ancient Rome she was called Proserpine. Meaning unknown probably of Pre-Greek origin but perhaps related to Greek πέρθω pertho meaning to destroy and φονή phone meaning murder. She gave herself the name Persephone bringer of destruction after becoming Hades queen.

In other Greek stories Persephone is sometimes known as Persephoneia Persephassa Persephatta Pherepapha Periphona or Phersephassa. Different Spellings of the name Persephone. She was abducted to the underworld by Hades but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year.

The Pomegranate wreath of flowers worn in hair torch and bat Shes the goddess of spring and queen of the underworld Her Roman names are Proserpina and Proserpine. In Greek mythology Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus queengoddess of the underworld as wife of Hades. This picture shows Persephone picking flowers in a meadow.

There is a separate figure called Persa who is the daughter of Oceanus. The name was most likely derived from the Latin word proserpere which means to spring up or to creep forth. In Homers Odyssey her name is Persephoneia Περσεφονεία.

But that wasnt her birth name her birth name was Kore or Cora maiden. The name Persephone is primarily a female name of Greek origin that means Bringer Of Destruction. Roman name Ceres was the goddess of agriculture.