How to pronounce Persaphone?

per SE fony

fony ryhmes with 'phony'

first name

Greek, possibly

Female

Persephone, Proserpina

In Greek mythology, Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She is abducted by the King of the Underworld, Hades, who is in love with her and wants her to be his Queen. In grief, Demeter refuses to let the harvests come and the world is trapped in winter. Demeter says she will keep the world trapped in winter until Hades returns her daughter. However, while Persephone was in the underworld, she ate pomegranate seeds. Because because she had eaten food of the underworld, she could only leave the underworld for part of the year. The number of months she was on Earth and Underground corrosponded to the seasons: Spring was when Persephone returned to Earth and Winter was when she went back to the underworld and her husband, Hades. As Spring, Persephone brought the end of winter, the start of Summer and the autumn harvests. As Queen of the Underworld, Persephone was called the Iron Queen.