Semele

Role: daughter of Cadmos · First appears: Book 2 · §144–149

Life events

• Dionysos was born to Semele, the daughter of Cadmos.(Book 2 · §144–149)
  • With: Dionysos Cadmos
  • “Now the Dionysos who is said to have been born of Semele the daughter of Cadmos, was born about sixteen hundred years before my time”
• Zeus carried Dionysos to Nysa after sewing him into his thigh.(Book 2 · §144–149 · 📍 Nysa)
  • With: Dionysos Zeus
  • “as soon as he was born Zeus sewed him up in his thigh and carried him to Nysa, which is above Egypt in the land of Ethiopia;”

Book 2 · §144–149

• child: Dionysos (Semele is Dionysos's mother.) “Now the Dionysos who is said to have been born of Semele the daughter of Cadmos, was born about sixteen hundred years before my time,”
• parent: Cadmos (Cadmos is Semele's parent.) “Now the Dionysos who is said to have been born of Semele the daughter of Cadmos, was born about sixteen hundred years before my time,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.