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PERSEPHONE

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1.	THE ETERNAL CYCLE OF NATURE'S DEATH AND REBIRTH 09:24	buy track
2.	HADES KIDNAPS PERSEPHONE AND CARRIES HER OFF TO THE UNDERWORLD AS HIS BRIDE 05:07	buy track
3.	DEMETER, DISTRESSED, SEARCHES THE WORLD FOR PERSEPHONE ACCOMPANIED BY THE GODDESS HEKATE BEARING TORCHES 04:27	buy track
4.	A HANDFUL OF POMEGRANATE SEEDS 04:33	buy track
5.	PERSEPHONE RETURNS TO THE EARTH IN SPRING, MARKED BY THE FLOWERING OF THE MEADOWS. HER RETURN TO HADES IN WINTER SEES THE DYING OF PLANTS AND THE HALTING OF GROWTH 04:38	buy track
6.	THE ETERNAL CYCLE OF NATURE'S DEATH AND REBIRTH {REPRISE} 11:54	buy track

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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (/pərˈsɛfəniː/ pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized: Persephónē), also called Kore or Cora (/ˈkɔːriː/ KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit. 'the maiden'), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She became the queen of the underworld after her abduction by and marriage to her uncle Hades, the king of the underworld.

The myth of her abduction, her sojourn in the underworld, and her temporary return to the surface represents her functions as the embodiment of spring and the personification of vegetation, especially grain crops, which disappear into the earth when sown, sprout from the earth in spring, and are harvested when fully grown. In Classical Greek art, Persephone is invariably portrayed robed, often carrying a sheaf of grain. She may appear as a mystical divinity with a sceptre and a little box, but she was mostly represented in the process of being carried off by Hades.

Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries, which promised the initiated a happy afterlife. The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on ancient agrarian cults of agricultural communities. In Athens, the mysteries celebrated in the month of Anthesterion were dedicated to her. The city of Epizephyrian Locris, in modern Calabria (southern Italy), was famous for its cult of Persephone, where she is a goddess of marriage and childbirth in this region.

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released December 23, 2023

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Archaic Ruins is a dark ambient exploration of ancient cultures, architecture and geography.

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