Rape of Persephone

For the sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that depicts this subject, see The Rape of Proserpina.

The Rape of Persephone, or Abduction of Persephone, is a classical mythological subject in Western art, depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades. In this context, the word Rape refers to the traditional translation of the Latin raptus ('seized' or 'carried off') which refers to bride kidnapping rather than the potential ensuing sexual violence.[1]

  1. ^ Jones, Brandon (January 2019). "The Poetics of Legalism: Ovid and Claudian on the Rape of Proserpina". Arethusa. 52 (1): 71–104. doi:10.1353/are.2019.0002. S2CID 202374163.