Explaining the Name Persephone
Φερσεφόνη. Nourish (φέρβεις) and murder(φονεύεις).
(OH 29.15–16)
Περσεφόνη. Bringing (τὸ φέρω) and murder (τὸ φόνος). Or from Perseus the sun, meaning the growth of grain through the sun.
Φερσεφόνη. Who have been killed (πεφονευμένοι) are brought (ἀποφέροντα) to her.
(Etymologicum Genuinum s. v. Περσεφόνη; Φερσεφόνη)
Φερσεφόνη. the breath (πνεῦμα) that is carried (φερόμενον) through the fruits of the Earth (τῶν καρπῶν) and then perishes (φονευόμενον)
(Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris, 377d.)
Φερσεφόνεια. she brings (φέρουσα) wealth (τὸ ἄφενος), that is riches (πλοῦτον), because of fruit (καρπόν), or from bringing profit (φέρειν ὄνησιν).
(Hesychius s. v. Phersephoneia)
Φερσεφόνη. Bringing light (φωσφόρος).
(Plutarch, On the Face, 942d)
Φερρέφαττα. For since things are in motion (φερόμενα), that which grasps (ἐφαπτόμενον) and touches (ἐπαφῶν) and is able to follow them is wisdom.
Φερέπαφα. Because she is wise and touches that which is in motion (ἐπαφὴ τοῦ φερομένου).
(Plato, Cratylus, 404c ff.)
Περσεφόνη. Because manual labour is hard work and brings hard work; or from the fact that hard work brings endurance (πόνων ὑπομονήν φέρεσθαι).
(Cornutus, Greek Theology, 55.4-5)
Περσεφόνη. She was taken (πορθηθῆναι) and snatched (ἁρπασθῆναι) away from the light (φωτός) and sight (ὄψεως).
Περσεφόνεια. She constantly kills (περισσῶς φονεύεσθαι) agricultural produce (καρπούς), which buried in the earth regrows through the sun. (Scholia vetera in Hesiodi Theogoniam 913 & Manuscrit T)
Φερσεφόνη. Natural death (φθέρσω) and violent death (φένω).
(Eustathius, Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, 2, 760)
Sound, Meaning, and Imagery in Palimpsest Sin. Ar. NF 66 and in the Orphic Hymns
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