I have a question, one I don't know if you've been asked, but is it true that Zeus changed Persephone's name from Kore to Persephone? I personally don't believe it, but it's a common claim that Demeter named her daughter "Kore" and Zeus later changed her n

I’ve never seen that in all my research. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter she is referred to only in suggestions, like “the one with the slender ankles” or as “maiden” (kore) before she is abducted, then only refered to as Persephone after.

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Published on January 11, 2019 08:25
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