# Proserpine — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Proserpine in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ceres, Ceres seeking Proserpine

**First appearance:** 0018-vii-proserpine-glaucus-and-scylla

## Who they are

Daughter of Ceres, queen of the underworld, abducted by Pluto.

## In the story

### [Stories of Gods and Heroes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/stories-of-gods-and-heroes)

Proserpine is abducted by Pluto, leading to her role as queen of the underworld.

### [Introduction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/i-introduction)

Brother of Jupiter; received the underworld as his domain.

### [Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/vii-proserpine-glaucus-and-scylla)

Daughter of Ceres, abducted by Pluto while gathering flowers in the vale of Enna.

### [Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/vii-proserpine-glaucus-and-scylla)

Goddess of agriculture, who searches tirelessly for her daughter Proserpine and later withholds fertility from the land.

### [Cupid and Psyche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xi-cupid-and-psyche)

Queen of the underworld who provides Psyche with a box of beauty as part of Venus's task.

### [The Centaurs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/the-centaurs)

Resents Aesculapius restoring the dead to life and requests Jupiter's intervention.

### [XIX: Hercules—Hebe and Ganymede](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xix-hercules-hebe-and-ganymede)

Mentioned in connection with Theseus's failed attempt to abduct her.

### [Theseus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/theseus)

Wife of Pluto; Pirithous aspires to marry her, leading to his and Theseus's descent to the underworld.

### [The Rural Deities—Erisichthon—Rhoecus—The Water Deities—Camenae—Winds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxii-the-rural-deities-erisichthon-rhoecus-the-water-deities-camenae-winds)

Mentioned in the context of Ceres; Ceres is central to the Erisichthon story.

### [Erisichthon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/erisichthon)

Goddess of agriculture whose sacred grove is violated; she orders Famine to torment Erisichthon.

### [Orpheus and Eurydice—Aristaeus—Amphion—Linus—Thamyris—Marsyas—Melampus—Musaeus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xxiv-orpheus-and-eurydice-aristaeus-amphion-linus-thamyris-marsyas-melampus-musaeus)

Queen of the underworld who is moved by Orpheus's plea and persuades Pluto to release Eurydice.

### [Orpheus and Eurydice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/orpheus-and-eurydice)

Queen of the underworld, moved by Orpheus's plea to release Eurydice.

### [Aristaeus, the Beekeeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/aristaeus-the-beekeeper)

Not directly present, but referenced through the context of Orpheus and Eurydice's story.

### [Palinurus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/palinurus)

Queen of the underworld, to whom the golden branch is to be offered as a gift by Aeneas.

### [P](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/p)

Goddess of all growing things, daughter of Ceres, carried off by Pluto.

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