Biography of Persephons

A film adaptation History of the character character of ancient Greek mythology. The goddess of fertility, the wife of Aida - the supreme god of the underground kingdom of the dead. The daughter of the God-Gromovets Zeus from Demeter, the goddess-patron of agriculture. In the Roman pantheon, Persephone corresponds to the goddess of Proserpin. The history of the appearance of the name of Persephone cannot be taken, based on the Greek language.

Scientists suggest that the cult of the goddess of the Kingdom of the Dead spread through the Balkan Peninsula long before the Greeks invaded there. The Greek Persephone "grew" from the ancient local deity. Persephone The image of the goddess of the underworld merged among the Greeks with the image of the local goddess-girl of the bark, who was worshiped as the goddess of fertility.

Perhaps, initially, the bark and goddess-mother Demeter were perceived as the same mythological image. Later, Persephon-Kor turned into the daughter of Demetra, but the connection of these two characters of ancient Greek mythology and the community of the cult remained inextricable. Persephone personifies vegetation - grains that are hidden in the ground, and then in the form of seedlings break to the surface, which is cyclically a year after year.

In Greek literature, the image of Persephone also symbolizes the immortality of the soul. Persephone attribute - Narcissus flower. The image and character of Persephone, the daughter of Demeter and Zeus, was fed in the cave with a mother and nymphs. The company of the growing up Persephone was made up of other young goddesses -Artemis -the hunter, the goddess of the war and the wisdom of Athena, the goddess of love and the beauty of Aphrodite.

When the heroine grew up and entered the wedding age, the patron of the arts, the golden-haired god Apollo and the god of war of Ares, began to get married to her. Persephone and its attribute - the Flower of the Narcissus Legend claims that in the end the girl did not get either one or the other, but was abducted by Aida, who carried away Persephon into the kingdom of the dead.

The mother of the young goddess, Demeter, wandered around the world in great sadness and was looking for a daughter. Since Demeter is the goddess of fertility and agriculture, the Earth “fell into depression” with her. The sown fields stood naked, nothing came and did not grow. When Demeter found out that Hades was to blame for everything, she demanded from the Supreme God Zeus so that he ordered Aida to return to Persephon.

Hades released the Persephone, but at the same time turned the cunning trick. Demeter Aida attribute is a grenade fruit, and the god of the underground world gave Persephone to eat several grenade grains before the young goddess left. Prior to this episode, the abducted Persephone refused to touch food in the kingdom of Hades. Having eaten the grain of grenade, the goddess gained contact with the underground world and was doomed to return there.

Zeus judged Demeter's dispute and Aid in such a way that Persephone had to spend six months on Olympus with his mother, and the other six months in the underground world with her husband is an option: two -thirds on Olympus and a third in the underground kingdom. In Roman mythology, the image of Persephone corresponds to the goddess Proserpin, the daughter of the goddess of the grain of Ceres, whom she gave birth to from the supreme god of heaven Jupiter.

According to the Roman version, Proserpin, together with her friends, collected flowers in the meadow when her own uncle of the heroine, the lord of the underworld, Pluto looked at the Proserpin and inflamed to that love. Pluto took a priser on a chariot, which collapsed into the opened abyss and took place into the underground kingdom. The abduction of Persephons in Greek mythology are several options for how the Hades abducts Persephone.

The most common corresponds to Roman - Hades stole the heroine in the meadow by the lake, and this happened on the island of Sicily. There is also an option in which Zeus himself helped the God of the underworld. In Greece there are several places where the abduction of Persephons allegedly occurred. This is either Olympia or Argolid, where Persephone was seen by Aida on the banks of the Himarr River, or Erineon's town near the city of Elevsin, or a source in siracuse.

The image of Persephone-Kora has been repeatedly beaten in art, starting from ancient times. In the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, you can see a Roman copy of the ancient Greek statue depicting the god Dionysus and Kora. The abduction of the Persephons Aida has been used more than once in painting and sculpture, starting from the engraving of Dürer for this plot created in the year.

Persephone in the sculpture of Giovanni Bernini, the Italian sculptor and the architect of the Baroque era, sculpting the marble sculpture for the plot of the kidnapping of prisons by Pluto. This statue can be seen in Rome, in the Borgez gallery. The image of a prisifier inspired the artists-preserves. Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote a portrait of a heroine with a grenade fruit in his hands, using his own deceased wife Elizabeth and new mistress Jane Burden as models.

One was named by the Greek name of the goddess Persephone, and the other - Roman Proserpin. The adaptation for the first time Persephone appears on the screens in the 9-minute cartoon "Goddess of Spring" of the year of release. The cartoon was shot at the Walt Disney studio and is part of the Silly Symphonies series. Pluto, the lord of the underground kingdom, is depicted here similar to a caricature Satan.A frame from the cartoon "Goddess of Spring" The plot is classic: Persephone - the goddess of spring - walks through the forest.

Suddenly, Pluto appears, grabs Persephon and carries to the underground kingdom. There, the villain declares Persephon the queen, but the goddess of spring plunges into despondency and the whole earth - along with her. Pluto, who was tired of this depressive sight, lets Persephon, but every six months she should return to his ground. After the goddess of spring returns to Earth, the world again comes into a state of harmony.

The animator Hamilton Lasuka, who created the design of Persephones, later used the one when developing early sketches to the design of Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. In the year, the Russian Multiplier Director Sergei Olifirenko released the minute cartoon Persephone, which became part of the series “Animation Tales of the World”. Rosario Dawson in the image of Persephons per year the image of Persephone first appears in the cinema.

In this film, the God of the underworld Hades is represented by the main villain. Hades mines Zeus’s rod, and Persephone takes away this terrible weapon from the villain and strikes with that lightning. And then he gives the rod to the main character - Percy. The appearance of the heroine changes depending on where it is. In the underground world, Persephone has pale skin, and the dress seems woven from fog.

On the ground, the heroine's dress blossoms with flowers, and eyes become different colors. In the year, the films “Matrix: Reloading” and “Matrix: Revolution”, where the goddess Persephons as such is not, but there is a character that bears her name. This is the wife of Merovingen - the embodiment of the oldest program in the matrix, which regulates the behavior of people in the system.

At the time of the film, Merovingen has not been updated for a long time, morally outdated and became a marginal boss, which patronizes other outdated programs to be removed and trading information.

Monica Bellucci in the film "Matrix" has a difficult relationship with her husband, and in exchange for a kiss of Neo Merovingen, she helps the heroes free a certain master of the keys, whom her husband holds in captivity. The role of Persephone in both films is played by the Italian actress Monica Bellucci.