Persephone in popular culture
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The goddess Persephone has been portrayed in many aspects of popular culture.
Persephone is the name of a character in the Matrix series played by Monica Bellucci.
"Persephone Rules!" is a play by Michael R. McGuire.
"Persephone" by Cocteau Twins is found on 1984's Treasure album.
1951 black and white, experimental, short film, "Perséphone," by Belgium director Luc de Heusch.
"Persephone" by Third Eye Blind.
Persephone is the alias of Rachel Blake in the Lost Experience alternate reality game.
In the TV Show Firefly, Persephone is the name of one of the planets.
Persephone's Bees is a pop/rock group from San Francisco. Their latest album is called "notes from the underworld"
"Dark Venus Persephone" by Therion
Persephone is the name of the Goddess of Life in the computer game Sacrifice
The name Persephone is also used in some Castlevania names for minor enemies who look like castle maids. Usually, these maids greet the player before trying to literally kick them.
Persephone played the "damsel in distress" role in LucasArts's Herc's Adventures for the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn. As in the myth, Persephone decides to stay with Hades in the Underworld at the end and become his queen.
Persephone (shortened to Sephy) is the name of one of the main characters in the Noughts & Crosses series of novels by Malorie Blackman.
