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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEMELE

Sem "e *le, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Myth. )

 

Defn: A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Semele

Sem e le |ˈseməlē ˈsɛməli |Greek Mythology the mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus. The fire of Zeus's thunderbolts killed her but made her child immortal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Semele

Semele |ˈsɛmɪli |Greek Mythology the mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus. The fire of Zeus's thunderbolts killed her but made her child immortal.