Information about Persephone

"Those who defraud you and do not appease your power with offerings, reverently performing rites and paying fit gifts, shall be punished for evermore."
--Spoken by Haides in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 364-369

Cult statue

Persephone's epithets and cult titles

Images from the Lesser Propylaia

General information:

About Persephone
About Eleusis
On the Eleusinian Mysteries, by W. Burkert
An article I wrote on the Eleusinian Mysteries and one on the Lesser Mysteries.
Kore by W.K.C. Guthrie
Eleusis and the Cult of Demeter (image from
Konstam, Angus. Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece.
Thalamus Publishing, 2003, p. 61
Chart of Orphic cosmogony

Persephone in ancient literature:

The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
The Orphic Literature
Selection from Dionysiaca
Selections from Apollodoros
Miscellaneous quotes from other ancient authors.

Persephone in modern literature:

The Albanian Legend of Saint Demetra

Here are some photos of my shrine to Persephone.

You can also join the Thiasos Persephone, an online group specifically for people who worship Persephone.

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