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Semele

In Greek mythology, the daughter of Cadmus of Thebes and mother of Dionysus by Zeus. At Hera's suggestion she demanded that Zeus should appear to her in all his glory, but when he did so she was consumed by lightning.

Semele

Opera-oratorio by Handel, performed at Covent Garden, London, on 10 February 1744. The libretto by Congreve (with anonymous alterations) was originally intended for an opera. The story concerns Semele, who aspires to immortality. But the jealous Juno tricks her into being consumed by the fire of her lover, Jupiter. The opera was revived at Covent Garden in 1982.



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Then there was the daughter of Phoenix, who bore me Minos and Rhadamanthus: there was Semele, and Alcmena in Thebes by whom I begot my lion-hearted son Hercules, while Semele became mother to Bacchus the comforter of mankind.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
975-978) And Harmonia, the daughter of golden Aphrodite, bare to Cadmus Ino and Semele and fair-cheeked Agave and Autonoe whom long haired Aristaeus wedded, and Polydorus also in rich- crowned Thebe.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Have we not seen, or by relation heard, In courts and regal chambers how thou lurk'st, In wood or grove, by mossy fountain-side, In valley or green meadow, to waylay Some beauty rare, Calisto, Clymene, Daphne, or Semele, Antiopa, Or Amymone, Syrinx, many more Too long--then lay'st thy scapes on names adored, Apollo, Neptune, Jupiter, or Pan, Satyr, or Faun, or Silvan?
Paradise Regained by Milton, John View in context
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