Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book V
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Queen of the Opacous World
Prosserpina's mother stood in front of Jupiter, amazed and bewildered. She was resolved to lead her daughter away from the fates. Proserpine plucked fruit by bending a pomegranate tree; chewed seven grains picked from pallid rind. The virgin thoughtless while she strayed among the cultivated Stygian fields had broken fast. But if your fixed desire compelled a cent, let Proserpine return to heaven,. If there her tongue have never tasted food, a sure condition, by the fates decreed.
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