Proserpina
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Proserpina (English: Proserpine) is the consort of Plutone, the king of the underworld. After being greatly affected by Orfeo’s laments for Euridice, she pleads with Plutone to let Euridice return to the land of the living. She uses Plutone’s love of her to inspire him to
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