Semele

Sĕmĕlē, ēs (Sĕmĕla, ae, pure Lat. collat. form in the cass. obll.), f., = Σεμέλη,

• a daughter of Cadmus, and mother of Bacchus by Jupiter; nom. Semele, Ov. M. 3, 293; id. F. 6, 485; id. Tr. 4, 3, 67; id. Am. 3, 3, 37; Hyg. Fab. 167 and 179; gen. Semelae, Ov. F. 6, 503: Semeles, Hor. C. 1, 19, 2; Tib. 3, 4, 45; Ov. M. 3, 274; 3, 278; dat. Semelae, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 27; acc. Semelen, Ov. M. 3, 261; id. F. 3, 715: Semelam, Macr. S. 1, 12; abl. Semelā, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 2, 24, 62; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 29: Semele, Hyg. Fab. 179.—Hence,
• • A Sĕmĕlēïus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semele: proles, i.e. Bacchus, Ov. M. 3, 520; 5, 329; 9, 640: Thyoneus, i.e. Bacchus, Hor. C. 1, 17, 22.—
  • B Sĕmĕlēus, a, um, adj., of Semele: busta, Stat. Th. 10, 903.

Semelē, ēs, f. u. Semela, ae, f. (Σεμέλη), Tochter des Kadmus, von Jupiter Mutter des Bacchus, wurde während ihrer Schwangerschaft vom Blitze Jupiters getötet, da sie durch ihre Bitten den Gott bewogen hatte, daß er ihr in vollem Glanze seiner Gottheit, wie der Hera erscheine, Ov. met. 3, 293. Hyg. fab. 167 u. 179: Semeles puer, von Bacchus, Hor. carm. 1, 19, 2: proles Semeles Bacchus, Tibull. 3, 4, 45: Liber Semelā natus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28. – Dav. Semelēius u. Semelēus, a, um, semelëisch, Semeleia proles, v. Bacchus, Ov.: so auch Semeleius Thyoneus, Hor.: Semelea busta, Stat.

Sĕmĕlē, (13) ēs, et qqf. aux cas obl. Sĕmĕla, æ, f. (Σεμέλη), Sémélé [fille de Cadmus, mère de Bacchus]: Ov. M. 3, 293 ; F. 6, 485, etc.; Hor. O. 1, 19, 2 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28 ; Nat. 2, 62 || -ēus Stat. Th. 10, 903, ou -ēius, a, um Hor. O. 1, 17, 22 ; Ov. M. 3, 520, de Sémélé [épith. de Bacchus].

Se'mele

(Σεμέλη), a daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, at Thebes, and accordingly a sister of Ino, Agave, Autonoe, and Polydorus. She was beloved by Zeus (Hom. Il. 14.323, Hymn. in Bacch. 6, 57 ; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 2.40), and Hera, stimulated by jealousy, appeared to her in the form of her aged nurse Beroe, and induced her to pray Zeus to visit her in the same splendour and majesty with which he appeared to Hera. Zeus, who had promised that he would grant her every request, did as she desired. He appeared to her as the god of thunder, and Semele was consumed by the fire of lightning; but Zeus saved her child Dionysus, with whom she was pregnant (Apollod, 3.4.3; Ov. Met. 3.260, &c.; Hygin. Fab. 179). Pausanias (9.2.3) relates that Actaeon was in love with her, and that Artemis caused him to be torn to pieces by his dogs, to prevent his marrying her. The inhabitants of Brasiae, in Laconia, related that Semele, after having given birth to Dionysus, was thrown by her father Cadmus in a boat upon the sea, and that her body was driven to the coast of Brasiae, where it was buried ; whereas Dionysus, whose life was saved, was brought up at Brasiae (Paus. 3.24.3). After her death, the common account continues, she was led by her son out of the lower world, and carried up to Olympus as Thyone (Pind. O. 2.44, Pyth. xi 1; Paus. 2.31.2, 37.5; A pollod. 3.5.3). A statue of her and her tomb were shown at Thebes. (Paus. 9.12.3, 16.4.) [L.S]

Semĕlé

See Dionysus.

Semele Semele, daughter of Cadmus

• Paus. 9.5.2
• daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia: Apollod. 3.4.2
• daughter of Cadmus and mother of Dionysus: Hdt. 2.145
• wooed by Actaeon: Apollod. 3.4.3
• Actaeon prevented from marrying her: Paus. 9.2.3
• beloved by Zeus: Paus. 9.5.2, Apollod. 3.4.2
• mother of Dionysus by Zeus: Paus. 3.24.3
• gives birth to Dionysus: Apollod. 3.4.3
• expires of fright at the thunders of Zeus: Apollod. 3.4.3
• put in chest with infant and washed ashore at Brasiae in Laconia: Paus. 3.24.3
• buried at Brasiae: Paus. 3.24.3
• tomb at Thebes: Paus. 9.16.7
• fetched from hell by Dionysus: Paus. 2.31.2, Paus. 2.37.5
• brought up from Hades by Dionysus and named Thyone: Apollod. 3.5.3
• ascends with Dionysus to heaven: Apollod. 3.5.3
• her bridal chamber: Paus. 9.12.3, 4
• her image: Paus. 9.16.6
• Semele and Dionysus, wrought in relief on altar at Amyclae: Paus. 3.19.3