Persephone Waits For Spring

by Stephanie Grant

Title

Persephone Waits For Spring

Artist

Stephanie Grant

Medium

Photograph - Digital / Photography

Description

One of a series of abstract works, based on digitally manipulated photographs taken at The Valley of Fire, Nevada.

The many layers in this piece were manipulated to give a surreal feeling, the eyes of Hades watching Persephone as she waits for Spring and freedom.

In Greek mythology, Persephone, also called Kore is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, and is the queen of the underworld. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic queen of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation.
Persephone was commonly worshipped along with Demeter and with the same mysteries. To her alone were dedicated the mysteries celebrated at Athens in the month of Anthesterion. In Classical Greek art, Persephone is invariably portrayed robed, often carrying a sheaf of grain. She may appear as a mystical divinity with a sceptre and a little box, but is mostly represented in the act of being carried off by Hades.
In Roman mythology, she is called Proserpina, and her mother, Ceres.

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