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What does Semele mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) The mother of Dionysus.
  2. (astronomy) 86 Semele, a main belt asteroid.
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) A figure from Greek mythology.
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His mother, Semele, desired to see Zeus in all his glory, as he appeared when he made love to Hera.
The signature of the artist, William Kent pinxit, 1725, has been found a little to the left of the right foot of Semele.
With thunders and lightnings he entered the chamber of Semele.
Like Semele, I scorned the sports of mortals and thought only of my Beloved.
Bacchus brings his mother Semele from the Underworld to Olympus.
Bacchus was the god of wine, said to have been born of a union between Zeus and the human, Semele and raised on Mount Nysa in the company of nymphs and satyrs.

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