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kore
/ˈkoɹeɪ/
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What does kore mean?
noun
- An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
- A people living on Lamu Island on the northern Kenyan coast.
proper noun
- The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- A moon of Jupiter.
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- (rare) A surname.
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/ˈkoɹeɪ/
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There were ritual dramas or passion-plays, of which an important one dealt with the descent of Kore or Proserpine into the underworld, as in the Eleusinian representations, (2) and her redemption and restoration to the upper world in Spring; another with the sufferings of Psyche and her rescue by Eros, as described by Apuleius (3)--himself an initiate in the cult of Isis.