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Ceres and Proserpina |
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Proserpina is an ancient goddess the
daughter of Ceres and Jupiter, and was described as
a very enchanting young girl. Venus, in order to
bring love to Pluto, sent her son Amor also known as
Cupid to hit Pluto with one of his arrows.
Proserpina was in Sicily, at the fountain of
Arethusa near Enna, where she was playing with some
nymphs and collecting flowers, when Pluto came out
from the volcano Etna with four black horses. He
abducted her.......... |
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