Anthesphorĭa
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Anthesphoria — Anthesphoria, in antiquity, was a flower festival celebrated in Sicily, and to a lesser extent Peloponnesus, in honor of Proserpine (or Persephone in Greek mythology).The word is derived from the Greek ἅνθος ( flower ) and φέρὰ ( I carry ), in… … Wikipedia
ANTHESPHORIA — festivitas fuisse traditur, quae in honorem Proserpinae fiebat, sie dicta a legendis floribus. Num ea, cum a Dite rapta est, floribus legendis erat intenta; ut ex Ovidio liquet Met. l. 5. v. 391. Quo dum Proserpina luco Ludit, et aut violas, aut… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Persephone — Infobox Greek deity Caption = Pinax of Persephone opening the Likon Mystikon Name = Persephone or Kore God of = Goddess of fertility Abode = Symbol = Consort = Hades Parents = Zeus and Demeter Siblings= Mount = Roman equivalent = ProserpinaIn… … Wikipedia
Proserpina — is an ancient goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of Springtime. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Persephone. Proserpina was subsumed by the cult of Libera, an ancient fertility goddess, wife of Liber. Her name comes from… … Wikipedia
