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Mother of Dionysus
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semele
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Semele is the mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology. Semele may also refer to: Semele (Eccles) , an opera by John Eccles Semele (Handel) , an opera by George Frideric Handel (given as an oratorio in its first run) Sémélé , an opera by Marin Marais 86 Semele ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Semele \Sem"e*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???.] (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
daughter of Cadmus and mother of Dionysus, from Latin, from Greek Semele , a Thraco-Phrygian earth goddess, from Phrygian Zemele "mother of the earth," probably cognate with Old Church Slavonic zemlja "earth," Latin humus "earth, ground, soil" (see chthonic ...
Usage examples of semele.
Madame Semele bent down and pulled a wooden cage from the cluttered space beneath her bed, and she took the blinking dormouse from her pocket and placed it into the cage.
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, 190 Satyr, or Faun, or Silvan?
Terran lilies and Semling semeles combined with plumes of silver grass to make huge, fragrant mounds reflected endlessly in paired mirrors.