Proserpina
Roman · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Roman queen of the underworld, daughter of Ceres; counterpart of Persephone.
Parentage
- father: IuppiterParentage in the cited Latin account.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface: proserpina (primary)
- mother: CeresParentage in the cited Latin account.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface: proserpina (primary)
Domains
- underworld queenship
Powers
- Divides the year between earth and the underworld
Epithets
- Proserpina Regina 'Queen Proserpina' — queen of the underworld invoked in the Ludi Saeculares to Dis and ProserpinaCIL VI 32323 (Acta of the Secular Games, 17 BCE) (primary)
Relations
- father: IuppiterParentage in the cited Latin account.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface: proserpina (primary)
- mother: CeresParentage in the cited Latin account.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface: proserpina (primary)
- counterpart of: PersephoneLatin mythographic counterpart of the Greek record; identities and accounts remain distinct.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface; Hesiod, Theogony 453–458, 912–939 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.391-571 (primary)