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Mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Semele (/ˈsɛmɪli/; Ancient Greek: Σεμέλη, romanized: Semélē), or Thyone (/θaɪˈoʊni/; Ancient Greek: Θυώνη, romanized: Thyṓnē), was
Semele
1744 opera-oratorio by Handel
Semele (HWV 58) is a "musical drama", originally presented "after the manner of an oratorio", in three parts by George Frideric Handel. Based on an existing
Semele_(Handel)
Painting by Gustave Moreau
Jupiter et Sémélé (1894–95; English, Jupiter and Semele) is a painting by the French Symbolist artist Gustave Moreau (1826–1898). It depicts a moment from
Jupiter_and_Semele
Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine
gave to Semele, the daughter of Harmonia and Cadmus, king and founder of Thebes. This resulted in Semele becoming pregnant. Juno appeared to Semele in the
Dionysus
Genus of flowering plants
recognized: Semele androgyna (L.) Kunth - Canary Islands and Madeira Semele gayae (Webb & Berthel.) Svent. & Kunkel - Gran Canaria Semele menezesii J
Semele_(plant)
Topics referred to by the same term
Semele is the mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology. Semele may also refer to: Semele (play), a lost tragedy by Aeschylus Semele (Eccles), an opera by
Semele_(disambiguation)
1709 opera by Marin Marais
Sémélé is an opera by Marin Marais with a libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte first performed on 9 April 1709, by the Paris Opera at the Théâtre du
Sémélé
Village in Warwickshire, England
Radford Semele /ˈrædfərd ˈsɛmɪli/ is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, situated close to the Regency spa town of Leamington Spa. According
Radford_Semele
Town in Kuala Muda, Kedah, Malaysia
Semeling is a mukim in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. http://pejabatdaerahkualamuda.blogspot.my/ [user-generated source] 5°42′N 100°28′E / 5.700°N
Semeling
Opera of about 1706 by John Eccles
Semele is an opera by John Eccles, written in about 1706 with a libretto by William Congreve drawing on the Semele myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It forms
Semele_(Eccles)
Ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
Semele (Ancient Greek: Σεμέλη), also known by its alternative title The Water Carriers or Hydrophori (Ancient Greek: Ὑδροφόροι), is a lost ancient Greek
Semele_(play)
Main-belt asteroid
86 Semele is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid with an orbital period of 5.5 years. It is rotating with a period of 16.6 hours, and varies in magnitude
86_Semele
Libretto by Friedrich Schiller
Semele (Semele. Eine lyrische Operette von zwei Szenen.) is a singspiel libretto by Friedrich Schiller, first published in the Musen-Almanach Anthologie
Semele_(Schiller)
Species of butterfly
The grayling or rock grayling (Hipparchia semele) is a species in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Although found all over Europe, the grayling
Grayling_(butterfly)
1999 novel by Neil Gaiman
Semele until released by an improbable occurrence that fulfills the conditions of her debt. Una suffers constant abuse at the hands of Madame Semele,
Stardust_(Gaiman_novel)
Genus of bivalves
Semele australis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) Semele barbarae (Boone, 1928) Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837) Semele bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1852) Semele californica
Semele_(bivalve)
Road in Malaysia
Semeling Bypass, Federal Route 253, is a major highway bypass in Semeling, Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. The Kilometre Zero is located at Taman
Semeling_Bypass
1718 zarzuela opera by Antonio de Literes
El estrago en la fineza, Júpiter y Semele is a Spanish-language zarzuela opera by Antonio de Literes to a libretto by José de Cañizares, premiered 9 May
Júpiter_y_Semele
2025 novel by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro
blemmyae, Quinoa the karpos, Arielle the empousa, Orcus the gryphon and Semele the eidolon. Nico and Will attempt to help the mythics settle in at Camp
The_Court_of_the_Dead
Figure in Greek mythology
goddess Harmonia, goddess of harmony. She had three sisters: Autonoë, Ino and Semele, and a brother, Polydorus. Agave married Echion, one of the five Spartoi
Agave_(daughter_of_Cadmus)
1778 opera by Antonio Salieri
phrases, and making dextrous leaps. For example, the roles of Europa and Semele go up to a high F sharp above high C a few times. The opera was first performed
Europa_riconosciuta
Princess in Greek mythology
King Cadmus and Queen Harmonia of Thebes and one of the three sisters of Semele, the mortal woman of the house of Cadmus who gave birth to Dionysus. Her
Ino_(mythology)
Ancient Greek goddess
Cronus Rhea Metis Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia ATHENA b Ares Hephaestus Leto Apollo Artemis Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Athena
Goddess from Greek mythology, wife and sister of Zeus
Hera learned that Semele, daughter of Cadmus, the founder-king of Thebes, was pregnant by Zeus, she disguised herself as Semele's nurse and persuaded
Hera
Greek mythology character, founder of Thebes
Autonoë, Ino and Semele. In rare accounts, the couple instead had six daughters who are called the Cadmiades: Ino, Agaue, Semele, Eurynome, Kleantho
Cadmus
Ancient Greek goddess of harmony and concord
mother of Ino, Polydorus, Autonoë, Agave, Semele, and, in some accounts, Illyrius. Through her daughter Semele, Harmonia was the grandmother of Dionysus
Harmonia
is Semele. Once in each year, they say, they open the sanctuary on stated days. There are also ruins of the house of Lykos, and the tomb of Semele. Aside
Temple_of_Dionysus_Lysios
Poem by Hesiod
Alcmene, produced the hero Heracles, who married Hebe. Zeus and the mortal Semele, daughter of Harmonia and Cadmus, the founder and first king of Thebes,
Theogony
Greek mythological king of Thebes
soon banned the worship of the god Dionysus, who was the son of his aunt Semele, and forbade the women of Cadmeia to partake in his rites. An angered Dionysus
Pentheus
Species of butterfly
Binomial name Hipparchia blachieri (Frühstorfer, 1908) Synonyms Satyrus semele blachieri Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) blachieri Hipparchia
Hipparchia_blachieri
Greek personifications of lightning and thunder
encompassing Thebes breaks into the dwelling of Cadmus as Zeus comes wooing Semele; and Semele apparently is destroyed, but Dionysus is born, by Zeus, so I believe
Astrape_and_Bronte
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
killed. Zeus then saved Dionysus, who was in Semele's womb, by sewing him into a cavity in his thigh. When Semele died, her sisters said it was Zeus' will
The_Bacchae
Minor goddess in Greek mythology, personification of deceit
which Hera then used to trick Semele into asking Zeus to appear before in his true form which resulted in her death (i.e. Semele) because no mortal being can
Apate
Greek goddess of the hearth
Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter HESTIA Apollo Artemis a b Ares Hephaestus Metis Athena Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Hestia
American operatic soprano (born 1948)
roles including Oscar at Lyric Opera of Chicago and a highly acclaimed Semele at Carnegie Hall. She returned to Salzburg various times to sing Susanna
Kathleen_Battle
1995 UK local government election
Radford Semele (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Doody* 333 39.1 16.1 Labour Fiona Walsh 321 37.7 15.6 Liberal Democrats David Evans
1995 Warwick District Council election
1995_Warwick_District_Council_election
Ancient Greek mythological Theban prince
child of Cadmus and Harmonia, his sisters were Autonoë, Ino, Agave and Semele. He was the father of Labdacus by Nycteïs, the daughter of Nycteus. Last
Polydorus_(son_of_Cadmus)
Set index of characters from Greek mythology
nurse of Semele, whose shape Hera took in order to destroy the Theban princess. According to Ovid the goddess expresses doubt that Semele's lover really
Beroe_(mythology)
Ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology
Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia Apollo Artemis a b Ares Hephaestus Metis Athena Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Cronus
Greek god of blacksmiths
Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia Apollo Artemis a b Ares HEPHAESTUS Metis Athena Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Greek mythical character
Apollodorus state that his offense was that he was a rival of Zeus for Semele, his mother's sister, whereas in Euripides' Bacchae he has boasted that
Actaeon
Topics referred to by the same term
and preceding 87 86 (term), a slang term for getting rid of something 86 Semele, a main-belt asteroid 86 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar AD
86
God of war in ancient Greek religion
Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia Apollo Artemis a b ARES Hephaestus Metis Athena Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Ares
1979 UK local government election
Radford Semele (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Russell Lane 603 48.3 27.0 Independent Michael Doody 447 35.8 New Labour Molly Brearley
1979 Warwick District Council election
1979_Warwick_District_Council_election
Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Zeus's affair with Semele, a daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, Hera tricks her into persuading Zeus to grant her any promise. Semele asks him to come to
Zeus
British coronation anthem
Part I Part II Part III Der Messias (Mozart arr.) Scratch Messiah Samson Semele Joseph and his Brethren Hercules Belshazzar Occasional Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus
Zadok_the_Priest
Chronological list of George Frideric Handel's musical dramas
theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire. Other English-language
List of operas by George Frideric Handel
List_of_operas_by_George_Frideric_Handel
Cypriot director
director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for her short films Semele and Aria, and her debut feature film, Hold onto Me (Κράτα Με). Hold Onto
Myrsini_Aristidou
Lunar epithet in Greek mythology
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Telephassa
Insect body temperature regulation
to their haematophagous way of life. The Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) engages in thermoregulation as well. The species prefers to live in open
Insect_thermoregulation
Etruscan goddess
Semla is the Etruscan equivalent for the Greek goddess Semele, daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and mother of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus, by Zeus
Semla_(mythology)
Creature in Greek mythology
Bendis Deceneus Derzelas Dionysus Gebeleizis Kotys Pleistoros Sabazios Semele Seirenes Silenus Zalmoxis Dacian Draco Kogaionon Settlements and Fortresses
Siren_(mythology)
Greek mythology character, daughter of Agenor
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Europa_(consort_of_Zeus)
Philosophical and literary concepts
appeals to logic, prudence and purity and stands for reason. Dionysus, son of Semele, is the god of wine, dance and pleasure, of irrationality and chaos, representing
Apollonian_and_Dionysian
British lyric soprano
the Russian Connection and Chère Nuit with Joseph Middleton for Chandos, Semele with John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir, Strauss Sechs Lieder
Louise_Alder
Fabled object in Greek mythology
and Harmonia had five children: Semele, Ino, Polydorus, Autonoë, and Agave. Each child experienced misfortune. Semele became Zeus's mistress and became
Necklace_of_Harmonia
German astronomer
the discovery of one minor planet, the 120-kilometer sized asteroid 86 Semele. The main-belt asteroid 2158 Tietjen, discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg
Friedrich_Tietjen
Ancient Greek goddess
boasting he is a better hunter than her, or trying to rival Zeus for Semele's affection. Apollodorus, who records this last version, notes that the others
Artemis
Bagpiper, Weinberger, 1927 La secchia rapita, Salieri, 1772 Semele, Eccles, written 1707 Semele, Handel, 1744 Semiramide, Rossini, 1823 Serse, Handel, 1738
List_of_operas_by_title
Appearance of a deity in an observable way
appearing to mortals in anthropomorphic form. These include Zeus appearing to Semele, Athena guiding Odysseus, or Apollo communicating with seers and prophets
Theophany
Greek mythological figure
Lycus (Regent) Zeus Zeus Ino Agave Echion 3. Polydorus Nycteis Antiope Semele Autonoë Dionysus 2. Pentheus Epeiros 4. Labdacus 5a. Amphion 5b. Zethus
Antiope_(mother_of_Amphion)
Ancient Greek deity and herald of the gods
Pleione Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia Atlas a b Maia Ares Hephaestus Hermes Metis Athena Leto Apollo Artemis Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Hermes
City-state in ancient Greece
Civitas, but Isidore defines Lacedaemonia as founded by Lacedaemon, son of Semele, which is consistent with Eusebius's explanation. There is a rare use, perhaps
Sparta
Figure in Greek mythology
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Danaë
Mythological Greek king of Argos
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Abas_(son_of_Lynceus)
Greek mythological king of Thebes
Lycus (Regent) Zeus Zeus Ino Agave Echion 3. Polydorus Nycteis Antiope Semele Autonoë Dionysus 2. Pentheus Epeiros 4. Labdacus 5a. Amphion 5b. Zethus
Laius
Figure in Greek mythology
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Epaphus
Large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists
Acts and Galatea, Alexander's Feast, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, L'Allegro, Semele, Hercules, and The Choice of Hercules.63 Nevertheless, none of these compositions
Oratorio
Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture
that the parents of Dionysus were Zeus and Persephone, and later Zeus and Semele. In Arcadia, a major Arcadian deity known as Despoina ("Mistress") was said
Demeter
Deity in Greek mythology
[citation needed] In Nonnus's Dionysiaca, he is by proxy the cause of Semele's death, having informed Hera of Zeus's affair with the princess. He also
Phthonus
Mythological man associated with Dionysus
hazardous Alcyonian Lake in the Argolid on his way to bring his mother Semele back from the dead. Prosymnus asked for sexual favours as a reward, but
Prosymnus
Leek Wootton, Lillington, Milverton, Norton Lindsey, Offchurch, Radford Semele, Rowington, Sherborne, Shrewley, St Mary Warwick, St Nicholas Warwick, Stivichall
List of poor law unions in England
List_of_poor_law_unions_in_England
French Symbolist painter (1826–1898)
Moreau "brought symbolist polyvalence to its highest point in Jupiter and Semele." He was a prolific artist who produced over 15,000 paintings, watercolors
Gustave_Moreau
Character in Greek mythology
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Inachus
South African soprano (born 1985)
Stella\Olympia\Antonia\Giulietta, The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) Semele, "Semele (Handel)" (Handel) Staff (1 February 2013). "Pretty Good Met Debut
Pretty_Yende
Collective name of the Greeks in Homer's poems
Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus Autonoë Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus Perseus Dionysus Colour key: Male Female Deity
Achaeans_(Homer)
1973 UK local government election
Radford Semele (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % Conservative James Critchley 324 51.8 Labour P. Byrd 162 25.9 Independent B. Payne 139 22.2 Majority 162
1973 Warwick District Council election
1973_Warwick_District_Council_election
Greek mythological Theban king
Lycus (Regent) Zeus Zeus Ino Agave Echion 3. Polydorus Nycteis Antiope Semele Autonoë Dionysus 2. Pentheus Epeiros 4. Labdacus 5a. Amphion 5b. Zethus
Lycus_(son_of_Hyrieus)
Class of mating system in non-human species
better nesting territories. Also, female grayling butterflies (Hipparchia semele) choose males based on their performance in flight competitions, where the
Polygyny_in_animals
Epithet of Dionysus
name for Dionysus, the son of Semele and Zeus. Zeus' jealous wife Hera discovered the affair and contrived to influence Semele to request that Zeus revealed
Bromius
God of the underworld in Greek mythology
Zeus Hera Poseidon HADES Demeter Hestia Apollo Artemis a b Ares Hephaestus Metis Athena Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Hades
Avestan term for earth
cognate to the Baltic Zemes, Slavic Zem, Serbian Zemlja, Greco-Thracian Semele, meaning the planet Earth, as well as soil. The element zam exists with
Zam
Three suites by Handel
Part I Part II Part III Der Messias (Mozart arr.) Scratch Messiah Samson Semele Joseph and his Brethren Hercules Belshazzar Occasional Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus
Water_Music
Wine in Ancient Greece
six glasses of wine, depending on serving size). In his c. 375 BC play Semele or Dionysus, Eubulus has Dionysus say: Three bowls do I mix for the temperate:
Ancient_Greece_and_wine
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards
Clarendon, Crown, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Manor, Milverton, Radford Semele, Warwick North, Warwick South, Warwick West, Whitnash, and Willes. 1997–2010:
Warwick_and_Leamington
Polyxena, the youngest daughter of Priam, sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles Semele, mortal mother of Dionysus Thrace, the daughter of Oceanus and Parthenope
List of mortals in Greek mythology
List_of_mortals_in_Greek_mythology
Earth-goddess in Proto-Indo-European mythology
the Greek goddess Semele, and the obscure Dionysian epithet Semeleios (Semeleius or Semelēus), meaning 'He of the Earth', 'son of Semele'. Messapic: Damatura
Dheghom
Spanish composer
enthusiastic critical response. Another of his best zarzuelas is Júpiter y Sémele (1718), to a text by the same author. This survived in manuscript form in
Antonio_de_Literes
Figure in Greek mythology
Euripides fragment is suggestive of Dionysus, the wine god son of Zeus and Semele, and in fact, although it seems not to occur anywhere in Orphic sources
Zagreus
English composer (1668–1735)
opera Semele with text by Congreve, but it was not staged until the 20th century. Congreve's libretto would later serve as the basis for Handel's Semele (1744)
John_Eccles_(composer)
Genus of butterflies
southern Russia) Hipparchia semele semele (Europe) Hipparchia semele atlantica (northwestern Scotland) Hipparchia semele cadmus Fruhstorfer, 1908 (mountains
Hipparchia_(butterfly)
Mythological prince of Thebes
Lycus (Regent) Zeus Zeus Ino Agave Echion 3. Polydorus Nycteis Antiope Semele Autonoë Dionysus 2. Pentheus Epeiros 4. Labdacus 5a. Amphion 5b. Zethus
Polynices
District in Kedah, Malaysia
Padang Tembusu, Sungai Lalang, Bedong, Bukit Selambau, Sidam, Gurun, Semeling, Merbok, Kota Kuala Muda and Tanjung Dawai. The Mount Jerai is shared with
Kuala_Muda_District
semele E H. semele semele – much of English coast, inland in parts of south and East Anglia H. semele scota – eastern Scotland (near coast) H. semele
List of butterflies of Great Britain
List_of_butterflies_of_Great_Britain
after the Great Flood that ended the Bronze Age. Dionysus: son of Zeus and Semele, born a mortal, later became the god of wine. Also called Bacchus by the
List_of_demigods
Ancient Greek goddess of love
Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia Apollo Artemis a b Ares Hephaestus Metis Athena Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b APHRODITE
Aphrodite
Opera by George Frideric Handel
Part I Part II Part III Der Messias (Mozart arr.) Scratch Messiah Samson Semele Joseph and his Brethren Hercules Belshazzar Occasional Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus
Catone_(Handel)
Greek epic poem by Nonnus
her. That night Zeus joins Semele in her bed and metamorphoses into different animals during the courtship. Book 8 – Semele becomes pregnant with Dionysus
Dionysiaca
of Tourism Ensemble: Man Jumping Handel Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele) Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian
List of Private Passions episodes (2020–present)
List_of_Private_Passions_episodes_(2020–present)
Personification of the Earth in Greek mythology
Rhea Zeus Hera Poseidon Hades Demeter Hestia a b Ares Hephaestus Metis Athena Leto Apollo Artemis Maia Hermes Semele Dionysus Dione a b Aphrodite
Gaia
SEMELE
SEMELE
Female
Greek
(Θυώνη) Greek name THYONE means "inspired frenzy." In mythology, this is the name Semele was called when her son Dionysos fetched her from Hades and brought her to Olympus.
Female
Greek
(ΣεμÎλη) Greek name SEMELE means "of the earth (or underworld)." In mythology, this is the name of a daughter of Kadmos (Latin Cadmus), the mortal mother of Dionysos. Also known as Thyone.
Girl/Female
Greek Latin
Mother of Dionysus.
SEMELE
SEMELE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Dolphin
Girl/Female
Native American
Nez Perce name meaning haircut.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Daring & dashing
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Forgiver; Forgiveness
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Glorious; Shining; The Dawn
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Gainer; Story Teller
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading 2.
Girl/Female
Irish
Brings joy.
Male
Egyptian
, a priest of the temple of Amen Ra.
SEMELE
SEMELE
SEMELE
SEMELE
SEMELE
n.
A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
n.
The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.