Relief of Hades Kidnapping Persephone
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Relief of Hades Kidnapping Persephone
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Published 2022-11-23T13:14:55+00:00
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This votive relief depicting Hades kidnapping
Persephone belongs to the Temenos, west from the Propylaia
The relief depicts two figures, a female and a male one according to the most recent interpretatioris, the scene is one of the most ancient representations of the Rape of Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, who was kidnapped by Hades, the god of the Kingdom of the Dead. And thus taken by him to the underworld to become his spouse, she was obliged to live there for two thirds of the year and allowed to go back to the earth to live with her mother Demeter only for the remaining part of the year.
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| Date published | 23/11/2022 |
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| Title | Relief of Hades Kidnapping Persephone |
| Date | End of the 6" century BC |
| Medium | limestone |
| Place | National archaeological museum Palermo - Antonio Salinas |
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