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].

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