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Persephone is a Greek goddess. Her Roman equivalent is Proserpina.
Persephone may also refer to:
Given name
- Persephone Borrow, English immunologist
- Persephone Swales-Dawson (born 1997), British television actress
Science
Planetary science
- 399 Persephone, an asteroid
- Planet Persephone, a conjectured name for a planet beyond Pluto (see also #Science fiction, below)
- As such, an early proposed name for Eris (dwarf planet) and Charon (moon)
- Alternate name for Planet Nine
- Persephone (spacecraft), a proposed orbiter mission to the Pluto system as a follow-up to New Horizons
Zoology
- Anthophorula persephone, an extinct species of bee
- Rhadine persephone, a species of beetle
- Betta persephone, a species of betta fish
- Chazara persephone, a species of butterfly
- Papilio persephone, former name for the butterflies Acraea egina and Erebia pluto
- Prodryas persephone, an extinct species of butterfly
- Aeshna persephone, a species of dragonfly
- Eumillipes persephone, a species of millipede
- Arctia persephone, former name for the Apantesis anna moth
- Catoptria persephone, a species of moth
- Eilema persephone, a species of moth
- Hypercompe persephone, a species of moth
- Stygioides persephone, a species of moth
- Opisthoteuthis persephone, a species of octopus
- Confuga persephone, a species of planthopper
- Petrogale persephone, a species of rock-wallaby
- Volutomitra persephone, a species of sea snail
- Amphisbaena persephone, a species of worm lizard
Media
Fictional characters
- Persephone (The Matrix), a fictional character in the Matrix film trilogy
- Persephone or Rachel Blake, a character in The Lost Experience
- Persephone, a character in Jeff Noon's novel Pollen
- Persephone, a character in Stripperella
- Persephone, the Goddess of Life in the computer game Sacrifice
- Persephone, a character in Herc's Adventures
- Persephone "Sephy" Hadley, main character in the Noughts & Crosses series of novels by Malorie Blackman
- Persephone, an Amazon in the 2009 Wonder Woman film
- Persephone, the daughter of Admiral Lockwood, and object of Commander Kydd's affections, in the book The Admiral's Daughter
- Persephone, a Fairy character who sells upgrades in the Activision computer game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
- Persephone "Persie" Towyn, sister of Lady Agnes Holland in the BBC TV Series Upstairs Downstairs
- Persephone, a nickname of Eo of Lykos from Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
Science fiction
- The name of a planet beyond Pluto in several science fiction works (see #Astronomy above)
- Persephone, a planet in the television series Firefly
Music
- Persephone (instrument), an electronic fingerboard synthesizer
- Perséphone (Stravinsky), a 1934 musical work by Stravinsky
- Persefone, a metal band from Andorra
- Persephone (band), see de:Persephone (Band)
- "Persephone", a song by Dead Can Dance from Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
- "Persephone", a song by Cocteau Twins from Treasure
- "Persephone", a song by Wishbone Ash from There's the Rub
- "Persephone", a song by Opeth from Sorceress
- "Perséphone", a song by Year of No Light from Ausserwelt
Painting
- Persephone (painting), a 1939 painting by Thomas Hart Benton
Other uses
- Persephone (tugboat), a salvage ship in The Beachcombers
- Persephone Books, a British publisher
- Persephone Painter (ca. 475 to 425 BCE), the pseudonym of an ancient Attic Greek vase painter
See also
- Persephone in popular culture
- Persophone, a speaker of the Persian language
- Persephone (given name)
- Proserpina (disambiguation)
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