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Pomegranate bud کلی انار Kali Anar Punica granatum: Pomegranate flower گلنار Gulnar Punica granatum: Pomegranate peel پوست انار Post Anar Punica granatum: Poppy seeds خشخاش Khashkhaash Papaver somniferum: Psyllium seed husk اسپغول مسلم Ispaghol Muslim Plantago ovata: Pumpkin seeds تخم کدو Tukhm-e-Kaddu ...
Persephone and Dionysos. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th–3rd century B.C. Marble. Hermitage.. In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (/ p ər ˈ s ɛ f ə n iː / pər-SEF-ə-nee; Greek: Περσεφόνη, romanized: Persephónē, classical pronunciation: [per.se.pʰó.nɛː]), also called Kore (/ ˈ k ɔːr iː / KOR-ee; Greek: Κόρη, romanized: Kórē, lit.
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall.. Rich in symbolic and mythological associations in many cultures, it is thought to have originated from Afghanistan and Iran before being introduced and exported to other parts of Asia, Africa, and Eur
When Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, she ate three pomegranate seeds. [1] Had she eaten the entire pomegranate (and thus all the seeds), she would have been condemned to the underworld permanently. Because she only ate half, Zeus agreed to a compromise and decreed that she would stay with Hades for 3 months of every year. [1]
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
The ancient Greek noun σίδη translates to "pomegranate", [1] and refers to both the tree and its fruit. [2] Robert Beekes and Furnée suggest that all of its variant spellings–such as σίβδη (síbdē), ξίμβα (xímba), and σίβδα (síbda)–point to a Pre-Greek origin of the word, [3] [4] and Witczak suggests specifically a western Anatolian one.
"Hades" can mean both the hidden Underworld and its king ('the hidden one'), who in early Greek versions of the myth is a dark, unsympathetic figure; Persephone is "Kore" ('the maiden'), taken against her will; [14] in the Greek Eleusinian Mysteries, her captor is known as Hades; they form a divine couple who rule the underworld together, and ...
In other interpretations, Persephone is seen eating the pomegranate seeds as a result of temptation or hunger. In the end, Hermes is sent to retrieve her but, because she had tasted the food of the underworld, she was obliged to spend a third of each year (the winter months) there, and the remaining part of the year with the gods above. [ 22 ]