Abduction of Persephone pinax - 5th C. BCE

"That the Rape of Kore took place in the manner we have described is attested by many ancient historians and poets. Karkinos (Carcinus) the tragic poet, for instance, who often visited Syrakousa and witnessed the zeal which the inhabitants displayed in the sacrifices and festive gatherings for both Demeter and Kore, has the following verses in his writings : ‘Demeter's daughter, her whom none may name, by secret schemings Plouton [Haides], men say, stole, and then he dropped into earth's depths, whose light is darkness."

-Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.2.3 - 5.5.1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.)

Abduction of Persephone pinax - 5th C. BCE.

Source:

http://www.ipsiasiderno.it/alboipsia/wordpress/?attachment_id=4367

Quote:

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