Persephone (disambiguation)
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Persephone is a Greek goddess. Her Roman equivalent is Proserpina.
Persephone may also refer to:
Given name
- Persephone Borrow, English immunologist
 - Persephone Swales-Dawson (born 1997), British television actress
 
Science
Planetary science
- 399 Persephone, an asteroid
 - A conjectured name for a planet beyond Neptune and Pluto (see also #Science fiction, below)
 - As such, an early proposed name for Eris (dwarf planet) and Charon (moon)
 - As such, a proposed name for Planet Nine
 - Persephone (spacecraft), a proposed orbiter mission to the Pluto system as a follow-up to New Horizons
 
Zoology
- Anthophorula persephone, an extinct species of bee
 - Rhadine persephone, a species of beetle
 - Betta persephone, a species of betta fish
 - Chazara persephone, a species of butterfly
 - Papilio persephone, former name for the butterflies Acraea egina and Erebia pluto
 - Prodryas persephone, an extinct species of butterfly
 - Aeshna persephone, a species of dragonfly
 - Eumillipes persephone, a species of millipede
 - Arctia persephone, former name for the Apantesis anna moth
 - Catoptria persephone, a species of moth
 - Eilema persephone, a species of moth
 - Hypercompe persephone, a species of moth
 - Stygioides persephone, a species of moth
 - Opisthoteuthis persephone, a species of octopus
 - Confuga persephone, a species of planthopper
 - Petrogale persephone, a species of rock-wallaby
 - Volutomitra persephone, a species of sea snail
 - Amphisbaena persephone, a species of worm lizard
 
Media
Fictional characters
- Persephone (The Matrix), a character in the Matrix film trilogy
 - Persephone or Rachel Blake, a character in The Lost Experience
 - Persephone, a character in Jeff Noon's novel Pollen
 - Persephone, a character in Stripperella
 - Persephone, the Goddess of Life in the computer game Sacrifice
 - Persephone, a character in Herc's Adventures
 - Persephone "Sephy" Hadley, main character in the Noughts & Crosses series of novels by Malorie Blackman
 - Persephone, an Amazon in the 2009 Wonder Woman film
 - Persephone, the daughter of Admiral Lockwood, and object of Commander Kydd's affections, in the book The Admiral's Daughter
 - Persephone, a Fairy character who sells upgrades in the Activision computer game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
 - Persephone "Persie" Towyn, sister of Lady Agnes Holland in the BBC TV Series Upstairs Downstairs
 - Persephone, a nickname of Eo of Lykos from Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
 
Science fiction
- The name of a planet beyond Pluto in several science fiction works (see #Astronomy above)
 - Persephone, a planet in the television series Firefly
 
Music
- Persephone (instrument), an electronic fingerboard synthesizer
 - Perséphone (Stravinsky), a 1934 musical work by Stravinsky
 - Persefone, a metal band from Andorra
 - "Persephone", a song by Dead Can Dance from Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
 - "Persephone", a song by Cocteau Twins from Treasure
 - "Persephone", a song by Wishbone Ash from There's the Rub
 - "Persephone", a song by Opeth from Sorceress
 - "Perséphone", a song by Year of No Light from Ausserwelt
 
Artworks
- Persephone (painting), a 1939 painting by Thomas Hart Benton
 - Persephone (sculpture), a sculpture by Armand Toussaint
 
Other uses
- Persephone (tugboat), a salvage ship in The Beachcombers
 - Persephone Books, a British publisher
 - Persephone Painter (ca. 475 to 425 BCE), the pseudonym of an ancient Attic Greek vase painter
 
See also
- Persephone in popular culture
 - Persophone, a speaker of the Persian language
 - Persephone (given name)
 - Proserpina (disambiguation)