# Persephone (disambiguation)

Persephone is a Greek goddess. Her Roman equivalent is Proserpina.
Persephone may also refer to:

## Given name

* Persephone Borrow, English immunologist
* Persephone Swales-Dawson (born 1997), British television actress

## Science
### Planetary science

* 399 Persephone, an asteroid
* A conjectured name for a planet beyond Neptune and Pluto (see also #Science fiction, below)
* As such, an early proposed name for Eris (dwarf planet) and Charon (moon)
* As such, a proposed name for Planet Nine
* Persephone (spacecraft), a proposed orbiter mission to the Pluto system as a follow-up to New Horizons

### Zoology

* Anthophorula persephone, an extinct species of bee
* Rhadine persephone, a species of beetle
* Betta persephone, a species of betta fish
* Chazara persephone, a species of butterfly
* Papilio persephone, former name for the butterflies Acraea egina and Erebia pluto
* Prodryas persephone, an extinct species of butterfly
* Aeshna persephone, a species of dragonfly
* Eumillipes persephone, a species of millipede
* Arctia persephone, former name for the Apantesis anna moth
* Catoptria persephone, a species of moth
* Eilema persephone, a species of moth
* Hypercompe persephone, a species of moth
* Stygioides persephone, a species of moth
* Opisthoteuthis persephone, a species of octopus
* Confuga persephone, a species of planthopper
* Petrogale persephone, a species of rock-wallaby
* Volutomitra persephone, a species of sea snail
* Amphisbaena persephone, a species of worm lizard

## Media
### Fictional characters

* Persephone (The Matrix), a fictional character in the Matrix film trilogy
* Persephone or Rachel Blake, a character in The Lost Experience
* Persephone, a character in Jeff Noon's novel Pollen
* Persephone, a character in Stripperella
* Persephone, the Goddess of Life in the computer game Sacrifice
* Persephone, a character in Herc's Adventures
* Persephone "Sephy" Hadley, main character in the Noughts & Crosses series of novels by Malorie Blackman
* Persephone, an Amazon in the 2009 Wonder Woman film
* Persephone, the daughter of Admiral Lockwood, and object of Commander Kydd's affections, in the book The Admiral's Daughter
* Persephone, a Fairy character who sells upgrades in the Activision computer game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
* Persephone "Persie" Towyn, sister of Lady Agnes Holland in the BBC TV Series Upstairs Downstairs
* Persephone, a nickname of Eo of Lykos from Red Rising by Pierce Brown.

### Science fiction

* The name of a planet beyond Pluto in several science fiction works (see #Astronomy above)
* Persephone, a planet in the television series Firefly

### Music

* Persephone (instrument), an electronic fingerboard synthesizer
* Perséphone (Stravinsky), a 1934 musical work by Stravinsky
* Persefone, a metal band from Andorra
* Persephone (band), see de:Persephone (Band)
* "Persephone", a song by Dead Can Dance from Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
* "Persephone", a song by Cocteau Twins from Treasure
* "Persephone", a song by Wishbone Ash from There's the Rub
* "Persephone", a song by Opeth from Sorceress
* "Perséphone", a song by Year of No Light from Ausserwelt

### Painting

* Persephone (painting), a 1939 painting by Thomas Hart Benton

## Other uses

* Persephone (tugboat), a salvage ship in The Beachcombers
* Persephone Books, a British publisher
* Persephone Painter (ca. 475 to 425 BCE), the pseudonym of an ancient Attic Greek vase painter