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Persephone: Ionic Greek
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Persephone ("she who destroys the light") is her name in the Ionic Greek of epic literature. In other dialects she was known under various other names: Persephassa, Persephatta, or simply Kore. The Romans first heard of her from the Aeolian and Dorian cities of Magna Graecia, who used the dialectal variant Proserpina.
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Persephone (Greek: ΠεÏσεφόνη, PersephónÄ“) is her name in the Ionic Greek of epic literature. The Homeric form of her name is Persephoneia. In other dialects she was known under various other names: Persephassa, Persephatta, or simply Kore (Greek: κόÏη, "girl, maiden" [1]) (when worshipped in the context of Demeter and Kore).
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Answer: Though Adonis is mentioned by Hesiod, the story of Persephone and Adonis seems most plain in Apollodorus of Athens so it may really be a Roman tale. Persephone and Adonis do have a common nature, but Adonis came to the Greeks from the near east and he came late. Persephone may not have loved Adonis during the periods of ancient Greece.
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In 2004, Jane Comfort and Company willpremiere Persephone,a dance/theater meditation on the Greek myth of Persephone. Persephone will be performed in an interactive visual setting of neon and fiber optic sculptures designed by Keith Sonnier and to a score by composer Tigger Benford based on Javanese gamelan musical structures.
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