The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Proserpina/ Persephone, Queen of the Underworld ( - )

Demeter's daughter, abducted and forced into marriage by Hades. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4880?rskey=D2qF1w&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proserpina Relationships: Adonis (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Proserpina/ Persephone
Hecate / Trivia (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Proserpina/ Persephone
Jupiter / Zeus (-) was a father of Proserpina/ Persephone
Luna / Selene (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Proserpina/ Persephone
References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a) (14). Item, a flat piece of brass, with the rapture of Proserpine by a Centaure.
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (h) Bronze plaque of a centaur seizing a Lapith woman. W: 4 cms. Item a flat piece of brass, with the rapture of Proserpine by a Centaure. B14.
A list of some objects (Canterbury Cathedral loose papers) 14. rapture of Proserp. Proserpine