Bernini's Abduction of Proserpina (Persephone) shows the event that began the changing seasons - Pluto abducts Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres, who the goddess of agriculture. Ceres is distraught, and the Earth dries up - nothing grows. Jupiter determines an arrangement - Proserpina returns to Ceres for 6 months, and the Earth sees Spring; then the 6 months she is with Pluto, we have winter.
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| Cerberus guarding the gates of Hell |
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| Who knew that marble could give like this? |
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