The unspeakable girl : the myth and mystery of Kore /
Agamben, Giorgio,1942-author.
Ferrando, Monica,author.
London : Seagull Books,
2014.
This title is a book of three richly detailed treatments of the myth of Kore. Kore, also called Persephone and referred to poetically by the Greeks as 'the unspeakable girl', was the daughter of Dermeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades and made queen of the netherworld.
Originally published as: La ragazza indicibile : Milan : Electa, 2010.
This title is a book of three richly detailed treatments of the myth of Kore. Kore, also called Persephone and referred to poetically by the Greeks as 'the unspeakable girl', was the daughter of Dermeter and Zeus who was abducted by Hades and made queen of the netherworld.
The unspeakable girl : the myth and mystery of Kore / Giorgio Agamben -- Kore : ancient sources / edited by Monica Ferrando -- The pictorial poetics of Kore / Monica Ferrando.
Persephone (Greek deity)