Rape of Persephone
 A statue depicting the kidnapping of Persephone by Hades. | |
| Grouping | Classical mythology |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | Spirit |
| Mythology | Greek Mythology |
| Country | Greece |
Rape of Persephone. Hades with his horses and Persephone (down). An Apulian red-figure volute krater, c. 340 BC. Antikensammlung Berlin
The Rape of Persephone is a classical mythological subject in Western art, depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades.
Examples include:
- The Rape of Persephone in the vault of the Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena, by Pinturicchio
- The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- The Rape of Persephone, painting in the Macedonian Tomb I in Vergina (Aegae)[1]
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- ↑ THE ROYAL COURT IN ANCIENT MACEDONIA: THE EVIDENCE FOR ROYAL TOMBS, in A. Erskine et al. (eds.), The Hellenistic Court (Bristol 2017) page 410
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