Sentences with phrase «myth of the abduction»

In the tomb's second chamber, a colorful floor mosaic shows the Greek gods Pluto and Persephone in a depiction of the Greek myth of the Abduction of Persephone.

A native of Nebraska and MFA graduate of University of Las Vegas, Sheppard now lives and works in Los Angeles, California.Moist Gilding draws from numerous sources: Mannerist prints, the erotic and transgressive drawings by Franz Von Bayros, illustrations by Sir John Tenniel (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking - Glass), the Greek myth of the abduction of Psyche, Louie XIV & XV, and George Bataille's, Eroticism.

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Kore means «maiden» in Greek, and is another name for the goddess Persephone, the myth of whose abduction by Hades — god of the underworld, of which Persephone became queen — is the subject of Agamben's book.