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Look up: Persephone

  1. Persephone
    Mythological embodiment of the season cycle; as she returns from the underworld every year, so spring arrives.
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  2. Persephone
    [n] - (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter
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  3. Persephone
    In Greek mythology, the goddess and queen of the underworld; the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of agriculture. She was carried off to the underworld by
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  4. Persephone
    Despoina noun (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
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  5. Persephone
    (from the article `Stravinsky, Igor`) ...(1930), an overtly sacred work that is based on biblical texts. Religious feeling is also evident in the ballets Apollon musagète (1928) and in ...
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  6. Persephone
    in Greek religion, daughter of Zeus, the chief god, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture; she was the wife of Hades, king of the underworld. In ... [10 related articles]
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  7. Persephone
    Persephone is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Destroyer, Springtime goddess` Where is it used? The name Persephone is mainly used In Greek Mythology and In English. The name Persephone doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Persephone seems to be unique!
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  8. Persephone
    Persephone (pursef'unē) or Proserpine (prōsûr'punē) , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, goddess of fertility and queen of the underworld. She was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. When she was still a beautiful maiden, Pluto seized her and held her captive in ...
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  9. Persephone
    Persephone was a Greek goddess (known to the Romans as Proserpine). She was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Hades obtained sanction from Zeus to carry her off by force and marry her.
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  10. Persephone
    In Greek mythology, the goddess and queen of the underworld; the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of agriculture. She was carried off to the underworld by Pluto, also known as Hades, although Zeus later ordered that she should spend six months of the year above ground with her mother. The myth symbolizes the growth and decay of vegetation ...
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  11. Persephone
    In iː-->) in modern English—also called `Kore`) is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld; she was abducted by Hades, the king of the underworld.<ref name=HesTh914>Hesiod, Theogony http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.%20Th.%...
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  12. Persephone
    (The Matrix) In the movies The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, `Persephone` (played by Monica Bellucci) is the wife of The Merovingian. She seems bored with her existence in the Matrix, and is disaffected by her husband (possibly because of his dalliances). Movies: I...
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  13. Persephone
    (musical instrument) The `Persephone` is an analog fingerboard synthesizer from the year 2004 in the tradition of the first ribbon controlled instruments from the 1920s. Beyond its vintage look, the Persephone allies sensors technology and digital controls to a pure analogue generation of sou...
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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankinds place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in todays Russia. read more

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