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Proserpina (other)
Proserpina is the Roman goddess of springtime and wife of Pluto. Proserpina may also refer to: * ''Proserpina'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails in the family Proserpinidae * Proserpina Dam, a Roman gravity dam in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain * 26 Proserpina Proserpina (minor planet designation: 26 Proserpina) is a main-belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer R. Luther on May 5, 1853. It is named after the Roman goddess Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres and the Queen of the Underworld. Another ..., an asteroid discovered in 1853 * ''Proserpina'', an 1879 book by John Ruskin about wayside flowers * "Proserpina", a 2012 song by Martha Wainwright from '' Come Home to Mama'' See also * ''Proserpin'' (Kraus), a 1781 opera by Joseph Martin Kraus * Proserpine (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proserpina
Proserpina ( , ) or Proserpine ( ) is an ancient Roman goddess whose iconography, functions and myths are virtually identical to those of Greek Persephone. Proserpina replaced or was combined with the ancient Roman fertility goddess Libera, whose principal cult was housed in the Aventine temple of the grain-goddess Ceres, along with the wine god Liber. Each of these three deities occupied their own ''cella'' at the temple. Their cults were served or supervised by a male public priesthood. Ceres was by far the senior of the three, one of the dii consentes, Rome's approximate equivalent to the Greek Twelve Olympians. She was identified with Greek Demeter and Liber was identified with Bacchus and Dionysus. Libera is sometimes described as a female version of Liber Pater, concerned with female fertility. Otherwise she is given no clear identity or mythology by Roman sources, and no Greek equivalent. Nothing is known of her native iconography: her name translates as a feminine form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proserpina (gastropod)
''Proserpina'' is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae.v ''Proserpina'' is the type genus of the family Proserpinidae. Distribution Distribution of the genus ''Proserpina'' include Cuba"Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011. and Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" '' |
Proserpina Dam
The Proserpina Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Mérida, Extremadura, Spain, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. It was built as part of the infrastructure which supplied the city of Emerita Augusta with water. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Milagros aqueduct leading to the city fell into decay, but the earth dam with retaining wall is still in use. Conservation It is also part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. at UNESCO See also * * |
26 Proserpina
Proserpina (minor planet designation: 26 Proserpina) is a main-belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer R. Luther on May 5, 1853. It is named after the Roman goddess Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres and the Queen of the Underworld. Another main-belt asteroid, 399 Persephone, discovered in 1895, is named after her Greek counterpart. This object is orbiting the Sun with a period of 4.33 years. It has a cross-section size of around 90 km and a stony ( S-type) composition. Photometric observations of this asteroid have produced discrepant estimates of the rotation period. A period of 12.13 hours was reported in 1979, followed by 10.6 hours in 1981 and 6.67 hours in 2001. Observations made in 2007 at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana produced a light curve with a period of 13.06 ± 0.03 hours and a brightness variation of 0.21 ± 0.01 in magnitude Magnitude may refer to: Mathematics *Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Home To Mama
''Come Home to Mama'' is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, released on October 15, 2012. The album was recorded at Sean Lennon's home studio in New York City and produced by Yuka Honda. Guest musicians include Honda, Lennon, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and Dirty Three drummer Jim White. "Proserpina", the album's first single, was written by Wainwright's deceased mother, Kate McGarrigle. Composition ''Come Home to Mama'' was recorded at Sean Lennon's home studio in New York City and produced by Yuka Honda. Guest musicians include Honda, Lennon, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and Dirty Three drummer Jim White. The song "Four Black Sheep" was originally recorded in 2009 for CBC Radio 2 CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a ...'s '' Great C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proserpin (Kraus)
''Proserpin'' is a Swedish-language opera by Joseph Martin Kraus to a libretto by the poet Johan Henrik Kellgren following a plot drafted by Gustav III himself from Philippe Quinault's Proserpine. The opera was premiered at Ulriksdal Palace on 6 June 1781 for one performance. The opera was revived at the Drottningholm Theatre in 1980 under Arnold Östman. The opera was performed with a new German libretto at the Schwetzingen Festival in 2006. Kraus wrote to his parents on 20 June 1780 that he had received from the King's secretary a text by "the best poet in Sweden"; by 14 September he wrote again that he had almost finished the score. By the following March Kraus was able to report that his opera was in rehearsal, although there were subsequent delays before the June premiere.Swanson, Alan. Kellgren's Libretto to Prosperin. In: ''Gustav III and the Swedish stage – Opera, theatre, and other foibles. Essays in Honor of Hans Åstrand'' (ed. van Boer, Bertil H, Jr). The Edwin Mell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
