Semele
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Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mortal woman → princess → |
| afterlifeFate |
brought to Olympus by Dionysus
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rescued from Hades by Dionysus → |
| associatedDeity |
Dionysus
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| associatedPlace |
Thebes
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| associatedRegion |
Boeotia
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| category |
Mortal lovers of Zeus
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Theban mythology → Women in Greek mythology → |
| causeOfDeath |
lightning bolt of Zeus
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seeing Zeus in his true divine form → |
| child |
Dionysus
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| consort |
Zeus
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| culture |
Ancient Greek religion
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| deifiedAs |
Thyone
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| ethnicity |
Theban
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| father |
Cadmus
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| gender |
female
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| grandfather |
Agenor
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| grandmother |
Telephassa
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| instigatedBy |
Hera
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| knownFor |
being a mortal lover of Zeus
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being the mother of Dionysus → dying after seeing Zeus in his full divine form → |
| languageOfName |
Ancient Greek
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| mentionedIn |
Euripides' Bacchae
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Ovid's Metamorphoses → The Homeric Hymns → |
| mother |
Harmonia
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| mythCycle |
Dionysian myths
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| mythologicalTradition |
Greek mythology
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| mythRole |
mother of a dying-and-rising god
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| nameInGreek |
Σεμέλη
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| narrativeTheme |
danger of seeing a god unveiled
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divine–mortal love → jealousy of Hera → |
| receivedTitle |
Thyone
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| religiousAssociation |
Dionysian mystery cults
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| sibling |
Agave
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Autonoë → Illyrius → Ino → Polydorus → |
| symbol |
mortal origin of Dionysus
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| worshippedAs |
goddess associated with Dionysian mysteries
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