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Proserpina
Queen of the underworld, daughter of Ceres carried off by Dis; she sets the condition for Orpheus's recovery of Eurydice.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §4.698 Proserpina
Queen of the underworld, who takes a lock from the dying; she had not yet claimed Dido, who dies before her day.
- The Aeneid §6.142 Proserpina
Queen of the underworld, wife of Dis; the golden bough is her required gift.
- The Georgics §1.39 Proserpina
Queen of the dead, who 'cares not to follow her mother' back to the light.