Despoina n. (Classical Mythology) The daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.
...Despoina, why I tell Of nothing glad nor noble in my verse To lighten hearts beneath this present curse And build a heaven of ... — Spirits in Bondage • (AKA Clive Hamilton) C. S. Lewis
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