person
Semele
Theban princess, mother of Bacchus; she was burned to ash when Jupiter came to her in his full divine splendour, and the unborn Bacchus was carried to term by his father.
Reading notes
- The Loves §3.3 Semele
Theban princess and mother of Bacchus, burned to ash by Jupiter's full splendour; the unborn Bacchus was carried to term by his father.
- The Art of Love §3.13 Semele
Theban princess loved by Jupiter, mother of Bacchus; one of the divinely beautiful who need no instruction.
- The Festivals §6.11 Semele
Daughter of Cadmus and mother of Bacchus, consumed by Jove's lightning; sister of Ino.
- Ibis §8 Semele's sister
Ino (Leucothea), sister of Semele, who pitied shipwrecked Ulysses and gave him her veil.
- Ibis §14 sister of Autonoë
Semele, sister of Autonoë, consumed by Jove's lightning when she asked to see him in full glory.
- Metamorphoses §3.48 Semele
Daughter of Cadmus and a mortal love of Jupiter; mother of Bacchus, destroyed by Juno's contrivance.
- Sorrows §4.3 Semele
The mortal mother of Bacchus, consumed by Jove's lightning at her own request; cited so that Ovid's wife not blush at his 'fire.'