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    Images of Hades abducting persephone, Demeter and Hades are found in sculputures and paintings. Images of Demeter's longing to be reunited with her daughter are also depicted in art.

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    Images of Hades abducting persephone, Demeter and Hades are found in sculputures and paintings. Images of Demeter's longing to be reunited with her daughter are also depicted in art.

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    Images of Hades abducting persephone, Demeter and Hades are found in sculputures and paintings. Images of Demeter's longing to be reunited with her daughter are also depicted in art.

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    Depictions of Persephone, Demeter and Hades in paintings and sculputures Abduction of Persephone by Hades

    This image is in Vergina, Greece, found in an excavated royal tomb.

    1621-1622

    Another depiction of the abduction, this one on a vase. This last one is on a sarcophagus.

    Demeters longing to be reunited with her daughter is also depicted in art. Demeter searching, with torches:

    Demeter on coins, with torches

    There are authentic coins from Greece that have Demeter on one side and two torches on the other side, such as this one:

    To conclude the story we have the return of Persephone

    Image sources: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/hansen/eleusis/eleusis-images.htm http://www.leedsartgallery.co.uk/gallery/listings/l0033.php

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