Atherton wants Inara to stay on Persephone as his Companion.

Source: https://collider.com/firefly-best-episodes-imdb/

Bundanoon's Melting Pot Theatre will perform a short play called Persephone - the Goddess of Spring.

Source: https://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/8409518/wine-and-roses-concerts-and-more-whats-on-this-week-in-the-highlands/?src=rss

But again, there was great significance in this as well, as the jokes were to commemorate Iambe, the servant who tried to cheer up Demeter when she was bereft over the loss of Persephone.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/12/02/ancient-greece-women-priestesses/

Orpheus presented himself before – the god of the dead in Greek mythology – and his wife Persephone and greatly moved them with a sorrowful tune.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/10/love-stories-greek-mythology/

Sadly missed by her children Steve and Michelle, grandchildren Sorrel, Persephone, Lavinia and Emma, great-grandchildren Rory, Florence and Theodore, daughter-in-law Caroline, nephews, nieces, extended family and friends.

Source: https://laois-nationalist.ie/2023/11/04/death-of-maura-bridget-nicholson-clohessy-nee-jordan-mountrath-laois/

She will be so sadly missed by her children Adam, Sheila and Brian, her grandchildren Victoria, Jonathan and Daniel, her great grandchildren Persephone and Joseph and all of her family and friends.

Source: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/17-tributes-death-funeral-notices-8526148