Relief of Hades Kidnapping Persephone

This votive relief depicting Hades kidnappingPersephone belongs to the Temenos, west from the PropylaiaThe relief depicts two figures, a female and a male one according to the most recent interpretatioris, the scene is one of the most ancient representations of the Rape of Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, who was kidnapped by Hades, the god of the Kingdom of the Dead. And thus taken by him to the underworld to become his spouse, she was obliged to live there for two thirds of the year and allowed to go back to the earth to live with her mother Demeter only for the remaining part of the year.这件描绘哈迪斯（Hades）掳走珀耳塞福涅（Persephone）的还愿浮雕（votive relief），隶属于雅典卫城山门（Propylaia）西侧的圣所（Temenos）。根据最新的研究解读，该浮雕刻画了一男一女两位形象。此场景是现存最古老的珀耳塞福涅被掳主题图像之一：珀耳塞福涅为得墨忒耳（Demeter）之女，被冥界之神哈迪斯掳至冥界成为其配偶，被迫每年有三分之二的时间居留冥界，仅剩余的三分之一时间可返回阳间与母亲得墨忒耳团聚。