kore

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1. kore - Noun

2. Kore - Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina

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After having stolen Helen, to be Theseus' wife, Theseus and Perithous, attempt to abduct Kore, for Perithous, but Aidoneus catches the two heroes, imprisons Theseus, and feeds Perithous to Cerberus. Source: Internet

Before her abduction, she is called Kore; and once taken she becomes Persephone ('she who brings destruction'). Source: Internet

Despoine was one of her surnames just as the surname of Persephone Kore. Source: Internet

Finally, Kore Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in The Kroger by 119.9% during the second quarter. Source: Internet

Her common name as a vegetation goddess is Kore and in Arcadia she was worshipped under the title Despoina "the mistress", a very old chthonic divinity. Source: Internet

Jane Ellen Harrison’s famous characterization of this myth-element as, “a desperate theological expedient to rid an earth-born Kore of her matriarchal conditions” (Harrison 1922:302) has never been refuted nor confirmed. Source: Internet

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