Persephone (disambiguation)

Persephone is a Greek goddess. Her Roman equivalent is Proserpina.

Persephone may also refer to:

Given name

 * Persephone Borrow, English immunologist
 * Persephone Swales-Dawson (born 1997), British television actress

Planetary science

 * 399 Persephone, an asteroid
 * Planet Persephone, a conjectured name for a planet beyond Pluto (see also, below)
 * As such, an early proposed name for Eris (dwarf planet) and Charon (moon)
 * Alternate name for Planet Nine
 * Persephone (spacecraft), a proposed orbiter mission to the Pluto system as a follow-up to New Horizons

Zoology

 * Anthophorula persephone, an extinct species of bee
 * Rhadine persephone, a species of beetle
 * Betta persephone, a species of betta fish
 * Chazara persephone, a species of butterfly
 * Papilio persephone, former name for the butterflies Acraea egina and Erebia pluto
 * Prodryas persephone, an extinct species of butterfly
 * Aeshna persephone, a species of dragonfly
 * Eumillipes persephone, a species of millipede
 * Arctia persephone, former name for the Apantesis anna moth
 * Catoptria persephone, a species of moth
 * Eilema persephone, a species of moth
 * Hypercompe persephone, a species of moth
 * Stygioides persephone, a species of moth
 * Opisthoteuthis persephone, a species of octopus
 * Confuga persephone, a species of planthopper
 * Petrogale persephone, a species of rock-wallaby
 * Volutomitra persephone, a species of sea snail
 * Amphisbaena persephone, a species of worm lizard

Fictional characters

 * Persephone (The Matrix), a fictional character in the Matrix film trilogy
 * Persephone or Rachel Blake, a character in The Lost Experience
 * Persephone, a character in Jeff Noon's novel Pollen
 * Persephone, a character in Stripperella
 * Persephone, the Goddess of Life in the computer game Sacrifice
 * Persephone, a character in Herc's Adventures
 * Persephone "Sephy" Hadley, main character in the Noughts & Crosses series of novels by Malorie Blackman
 * Persephone, an Amazon in the 2009 Wonder Woman film
 * Persephone, the daughter of Admiral Lockwood, and object of Commander Kydd's affections, in the book The Admiral's Daughter
 * Persephone, a Fairy character who sells upgrades in the Activision computer game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
 * Persephone "Persie" Towyn, sister of Lady Agnes Holland in the BBC TV Series Upstairs Downstairs
 * Persephone, a nickname of Eo of Lykos from Red Rising by Pierce Brown.

Science fiction

 * The name of a planet beyond Pluto in several science fiction works (see above)
 * Persephone, a planet in the television series Firefly

Music

 * Persephone (instrument), an electronic fingerboard synthesizer
 * Perséphone (Stravinsky), a 1934 musical work by Stravinsky
 * Persefone, a metal band from Andorra
 * Persephone (band), see de:Persephone (Band)
 * "Persephone", a song by Dead Can Dance from Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
 * "Persephone", a song by Cocteau Twins from Treasure
 * "Persephone", a song by Wishbone Ash from There's the Rub
 * "Persephone", a song by Opeth from Sorceress
 * "Perséphone", a song by Year of No Light from Ausserwelt

Painting

 * Persephone (painting), a 1939 painting by Thomas Hart Benton

Other uses

 * Persephone (tugboat), a salvage ship in The Beachcombers
 * Persephone Books, a British publisher
 * Persephone Painter (ca. 475 to 425 BCE), the pseudonym of an ancient Attic Greek vase painter