a-gnosis: […] “but it was (we assume) as a commuter that the goddess was also a mediato

a-gnosis: […] “but it was (we assume) as a commuter that the goddess was also a mediator, both Kore, the inoffensive maiden who could be imagined seated on her mother’s lap, and Persephone, who slept in the arms of the king of the dead. The return of Kore betokened the opening of communication between the two worlds and the possibility for mortals of winning the favour of the queen of the underworld.” Polytheism and Society at Athens by Robert Parker -- source link

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