Semele
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Sem·e·le 
[sem-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key
[sem-uh-lee] Pronunciation Key –noun Classical Mythology.
| a daughter of Cadmus and mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus. |
Compare Thyone.
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Semele
Semele
daughter of Cadmus and mother of Dionysus, from L., from Gk. Semele, a Thraco-Phrygian earth goddess, from Phrygian Zemele "mother of the earth," probably cognate with O.C.S. zemlja "earth," L. humus "earth, ground, soil."
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Semele
Sem"e*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???.] (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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