Zagreus
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Zagreus was a god sometimes identified with an Orphic Dionysus who was dismembered by the Titans and reborn. In the earliest mention of Zagreus, he is paired w
Dionysus in a 3rd-century AD mosaic from the House of Poseidon, Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Henryk Siemiradzki Orfeusz w podziemnym królestwie
Persephone
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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld, who
Zagreus
…the protagonist of the 2020 video game Hades. In the game, Zagreus is the son of Hades and is attempting to escape the underworld to find his mother Persephone, whom he never met, to learn why she left for the surface. Melinoë – Ancient Greek chthonic goddess…
Terracotta votive plaque from Eleusis, 450 BC, NAMA, 190875
Sarcophagus with the abduction of Persephone. Walters Art Museum. Baltimore, Maryland
The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1621–22) at the Galleria Borghese in Rome
Hades (right) and Persephone (left). Detail from an Attic red-figure amphora, ca. 470 BC. From Italy. Louvre