Abduction of Persephone - The Amphipolis Tomb 4th C. BCE

"He [Zeus] came to the bed of all-nourishing Demeter, and she bare white-armed Persephone whom Aidoneus [Haides] carried off from her mother; but wise Zeus gave her to him."

-Hesiod, Theogony 912 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.)

 

Abduction of Persephone - The Amphipolis Tomb 4th c. BCE

Meandros or swastika border detail.

With partial restoration to center. Couldn't find source for this.

Further restoration.

Full restoration.

Hades abducting Persephone.

Persephone

Hades

Hermes

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Abduction_of_Persephone_by_Pluto,_Amphipolis.jpg

http://www.theamphipolistomb.com/second-chamber

https://louiseliopoulos.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/amphipolis/

https://gr.pinterest.com/pin/435371488951790503/

https://gr.pinterest.com/pin/435371488951790506/ 

 

Quote:

https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HaidesPersephone1.html