Persephone (aka Kore) was the Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation, especially grain, and the wife of Hades, the ruler of the Underworld. Persephone was an important element of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Thesmophoria festival and so the goddess was worshipped throughout the Greek world. Persephone frequently appears in all forms of Greek art and literature.
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Timeline
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c. 1500 BCEFirst temple to Demeter & Persephone is built at Eleusis.
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c. 700 BCEGreek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
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c. 600 BCEThe Eleusinian Mysteries become part of the official Athenian religious calendar.
