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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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Ovid's imagery pulses with energy, from Salmacis the water nymph's spluttery sexual assault in a pond to Semele combusting at the sight of Jupiter naked.
Bacchus brings his mother Semele from the Underworld to Olympus.
With thunders and lightnings he entered the chamber of Semele.
Like Semele, I scorned the sports of mortals and thought only of my Beloved.
The signature of the artist, William Kent pinxit, 1725, has been found a little to the left of the right foot of Semele.
His mother, Semele, desired to see Zeus in all his glory, as he appeared when he made love to Hera.

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