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Epaine

Ἐπαινή), that is, the fearful, a surname of Persephone. (Hom. Il. 9.457.) Plutarch (de Aud poet. p. 23a.) derives the name from αἶνος, which suggests, that it might also be understood in a euphemistic sense as the praised goddess.

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