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title: On the Abduction of Persephone
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Demades of Paeania
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# On the Abduction of Persephone

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Demades of Paeania

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## Text

### 2b,227,F 1

Schol. Hesiod. Th. 914: ἡρπάσθαι δὲ τὴν Περσεφόνην φασὶν οἱ μὲν ἐκ Σικελίας, Βακχυλίδης (F 47 Bl—S) δὲ ἐκ Κρήτης, Ὀρφεὺς (F 43 K) δὲ ἐκ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ὠκεανὸν τόπων, Φανόδημος (III) δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς, Δημάδης δὲ ἐν Νάπαις.

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