---
title: "1 Persephone Quotes By Walter Burkert"
description: "1 Persephone quotes by Walter Burkert. Plus more from Walter Burkert and more Persephone sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/walter-burkert-286202_death_what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existen_1028738.jpg"
---

> [“What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death is introduced into life, and a dimension of life is introduced into death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-burkert/what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existence-between-the-upper-world/)

Walter Burkert

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/walter-burkert-286202_death_what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existen_1028738.jpg)

## Other authors on Persephone

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/rick-riordan/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maggie-stiefvater-62633.jpg) Maggie Stiefvater 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/maggie-stiefvater/)

## More by Walter Burkert

> [“What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death is introduced into life, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-burkert/what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existence-between-the-upper-world/)

Walter Burkert

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Persephone Quotes By Walter Burkert",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death is introduced into life, and a dimension of life is introduced into death.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Walter Burkert"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-burkert/what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existence-between-the-upper-world/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/walter-burkert-286202_death_what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existen_1028738.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/walter-burkert-286202_death_what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existen_1028738.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/walter-burkert-286202_death_what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existen_1028738.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death…” — Walter Burkert",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/",
            "name": "Persephone Quotes by Walter Burkert",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/walter-burkert-286202_death_what-the-myth-founds-is-a-double-existen_1028738.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Persephone quotes by Walter Burkert. Plus more from Walter Burkert and more Persephone sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Persephone",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Walter Burkert",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persephone/walter-burkert/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```