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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:54 Who was Persephone?
4:49 Father vs Mother
7:00 Naming Persephone
8:06 Death and Marriage
9:27 The pomegranate symbolism
10:45 Archaeology of Persephone
13:30 Why do we romanticise the myth?
References:
Lincoln, Bruce. 1979. ‘The Rape of Persephone: A Greek Scenario of Women’s Initiation’, The Harvard Theological Review, 72.3/4: 223–35
Mackin, Ellie. “Girls Playing Persephone (in Marriage and Death).” Mnemosyne, vol. 71, no. 2, 2018, pp. 209–28. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/26572910.
Pinakess images found here: https://www.locriantica.it/english/finds/pinakes.htm
calabriatours.org/heritage/pinakes-locresi.html
Head to squarespace.com/ladyofthelibrary to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ladyofthelibrary
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Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/6341226-c-dubois
Video Request form: https://forms.gle/FcdBtFMnrRR7eGrd9
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:54 Who was Persephone?
4:49 Father vs Mother
7:00 Naming Persephone
8:06 Death and Marriage
9:27 The pomegranate symbolism
10:45 Archaeology of Persephone
13:30 Why do we romanticise the myth?
References:
Lincoln, Bruce. 1979. ‘The Rape of Persephone: A Greek Scenario of Women’s Initiation’, The Harvard Theological Review, 72.3/4: 223–35
Mackin, Ellie. “Girls Playing Persephone (in Marriage and Death).” Mnemosyne, vol. 71, no. 2, 2018, pp. 209–28. JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/26572910.
Pinakess images found here: https://www.locriantica.it/english/finds/pinakes.htm
calabriatours.org/heritage/pinakes-locresi.html
