👉 The term "perithecium" is a term used in ancient Greek mythology to refer to an entity that has both a human and an animal form, often associated with the gods Pan and Demeter. In this context, it suggests that the Persephone, who was believed to have been abducted by the god Helios and returned to earth as a young woman named Persephone, is in fact a hybrid of two forms: a human and a panther. This concept has been interpreted