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| | Semele - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In Greek mythology, Semele, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mother of Dionysus (the god and his votaries were both identified as "Bacchus") by Zeus. | | | The name Semele, like other elements of Dionysiac cult (thyrsus, dithyramb) are manifestly not Greek (Burkert 1985), apparently Thraco-Phrygian (Kerenyi 1976 p107; Seltman 1956) and the myth of her father Cadmus gives him a Phoenician origin. | | | The story formed the basis for the secular oratorio, Semele (1744) by George Frideric Handel and for the opera, Semele (1707) by John Eccles. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semele
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| | Semele, Greek Mythology Link. |
| | He promised her, as lovers often do, to give her whatever she asked, and Hera persuaded Semele to ask Zeus to appear before her as the god does when he meets his own wife, knowing that Semele, being a mortal, could not endure the majesty of divine presence. | | | Yet others have said that the reason why Zeus killed Semele before she could give birth, was that he wished the child to be born of two immortals, thus being itself immortal from its very birth. | | | When Semele's sisters learned what happened, they did not exercise benevolence, but instead spread the rumour that Semele had consorted with some mortal lover falsely accusing Zeus, and that was why, they said, Semele was blasted by thunder. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Semele.html
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| | OperaWorld.com -- Semele: Synopsis |
| | Jupiter invites Semele to enjoy the pastoral beauties around her, yet for all the delights of the natural world, she remains restless and unsettled. | | | Jupiter swears an oath to fulfill any desire, and Semele asks that he appear to her unconcealed, in his natural form as Jove. | | | Juno, also known as Saturnia, is angry with her husband Jupiter for yet another of his typical dalliances with mortal women, and she vows to find Semele and to destroy their happiness. |
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http://www.operaworld.com/baroque/semele/semelesynopsis.shtml
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| | Headlinemuse.com - The Semele Complex |
| | Semele now feels she must have a concrete experience of the Godhead, and with feminine charm she gets the unsuspecting Zeus to promise whatever boon she demands. | | | She plants a seed of doubt in the young woman's mind as to whether the father of the child really is the great god Zeus, suggesting that many mortal men have entered the beds of unwitting young girls calling themselves a god. | | | We might say that she demands experience of the sublime which is inherently self-destructive when made literal (subsequently her unborn son Dionysos is to offer the experience symbolically in the Greek Mysteries). |
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http://www.headlinemuse.com/Culture/semele.htm
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| | PRODUCTIONS / SEMELE / STORY / STORY SYNOPSIS |
| | Cadmus, his family and priests have gathered in the temple of Juno for the marriage of Semele to his son Prince Athamas. | | | Ino, returned to Thebes, joins Cadmus and the priests, who have witnessed the death of Semele as a storm. | | | The priests celebrate rather than mourn her translation, and from a distance her voice is heard in a joyous gavotte. |
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http://www.pinchgutopera.com.au/productions/semele/story
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| | Greek Mythology: THYONE SEMELE Goddess of Inspired Bacchic Frenzy |
| | Semele consumed by the fire he translated into the starry vault; he gave the mother of Bakkhos a home in the sky among the heavenly inhabitants, as one of Hera’s family, as daughter of Harmonia sprung from both Ares and Aphrodite. | | | "And Semele, daughter of Kadmos was joined with him in love [with Zeus] and bare him a splendid son, joyous Dionysos, - a mortal woman an immortal son. | | | Semele in her joy addressed her seafaring sister in mockery: |
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http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Thyone.html
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| | RoyalOperaHouse - Synopses - Opera synopses from previous seasons |
| | Cadmus, King of Thebes, his daughters Semele and Ino, and Prince Athamas of Boeotia have assembled with priests: the marriage of Semele and Athamas is to be solemnized and the approbation of Juno, goddess of marriage, is noted and celebrated (Lucky omens). | | | She shows Semele her image in the mirror, deceiving her into thinking herself far more beautiful than she is; Semele revels in it (Myself I shall adore). | | | But Jupiter detects a certain discontent in Semele, which she explains as the consequence of her mortal state in a world of deities. |
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http://info.royaloperahouse.org/Synopses/index.cfm?ccs=77&cs=657
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| | U-Press Telegram - STAGE |
| | And his wife, Juno, is jealous and vows to destroy Semele. | | | Jupiter knows his brilliance will destroy her, a mere mortal, but he is forced to promise her a chance, and when she approaches him she is burned up. | | | It tells the story of Semele, the beautiful daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes. |
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http://u.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,218~24216~2898731,00.html
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| | Semele requested I come to her as I come to Hera, in full glory. | | | Bibliography on picture of Zeus coming to Semele in his full glory: Parada, Carlos. | | | I could never say no to her because of our vows we made, as friends. |
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http://students.ou.edu/B/Monica.L.Burgess-1/round2.html
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| | Juilliard The Juilliard Journal Online |
| | Disguised as Ino, Juno instructs Semele to refuse another sexual liaison with Jupiter until he grants her an unconditional wish. | | | In the final moments of the opera, for example, Semele’s lament, “Ah me, too late I now repent,” is in recitative, and Jupiter’s repentant “Ah! | | | Jupiter’s thunder is heard, causing priests and augers to flee. |
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http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/149journal_story.asp
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Music: Handel: Semele |
| | Her first accompanied recitative where she condemns "the cursed Semele" to "the flood of Acheron" has to be heard to be believed. | | | Semele: Act III, Scene 5: 'Ah, Whither Is She Gone!' | | | Semele: Act 1, Scene 3: 'Ah, Wretched Prince' |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005EA0
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| | Zeus Speaks! -- All About Dionysus |
| | Hera was so jealous that one day when Zeus had gone away Hera dressed as one of Semele's maids and she told Semele that if her husband was truly Zeus than he could show himself in all of his glory. | | | His mother, Semele, was a mortal, unlike the mothers of many other gods. | | | Dionysus' father was the great God Zeus and his mother was a mortal named Semele. |
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http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/greekgods/dionysus.html
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| | Amazon.ca: Music: Semele Comp |
| | Semele: Act III - Scene 1 - Recitative: My Will Obey, She Shall Be Thine (Juno, Somnus) | | | Semele: Act III - Scene 5 - Accompagnato: Ah! | | | Semele: Act I - Scene 1 - Accompagnato: Ah Me! What Refuge Now Is Left Me? - Air: O Jove! |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001GGP
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| | Semele - Handel |
| | Semele was a Theban princess and the only mortal to be the parent of a god, that God none other than Dionysus/Bacchus, offspring of Semele's union with Zeus/Jupiter. | | | Amongst the men, John Relyea, played dual roles as Cadmus (Semele's father) and Somnus (the god of sleep). | | | Handel begins with Semele abandoning her betrothed, Athamas, in favor of her celestial lover and ends with her death. |
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http://www.culturevulture.net/Opera/Semele.htm
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| | Scotsman.com News - Scottish Opera - Scottish Opera revive Handel classic |
| | Left alone, Semele is tricked by Juno (disguised as her sister) into refusing Jupiter’s advances unless he comes in the form of a god rather than as a human. | | | Wishing to teach Jupiter a lesson, Juno gets Somnus the god of sleep to put him under an erotic spell. | | | Semele’s sister Ino is in love with Athamas and tells him of her feelings, which at the time he takes to be words of sympathy. |
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http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=149&id=290752005
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| | CU Concerts - Baroque in Boulder |
| | In the time since Semele has left him, Athamas has come to love Ino. | | | Jupiter arrives and asks for Semele to embrace him. | | | Semele is George Frideric Handel& operatic interpretation of the mythological tale of the beautiful Semele and the powerful god Jupiter. |
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http://www.cuconcerts.org/baroque.html
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| | Semele (oratorio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Semele is a secular oratorio by George Frideric Handel. | | | Although Congreve, and its original composer Eccles, had wished Semele to be presented on the stage, Handel designed and performed it ’in the Manner of an Oratorio’, in concert form. | | | The original cast included Elisabeth Duparc (‘La Francesina’) in the title role, John Beard as Jupiter, Esther Young as Ino and Juno and Henry Reinhold in the bass parts (although in fact Handel seems to have interchanged some of the music between singers). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semele_(oratorio)
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| | SEMELE - LoveToKnow Article on SEMELE |
| | It is said that Hera, having assumed the form of Semels nurse, persuaded her rival to ask Zeus to show himself to her in. | | | The god, who had sworn to refuse Semel nothing, unwillingly consented. | | | Dionysus afterwards descended to the nether world, and brought up his mother, henceforth known as ThyOn (the raging one), to Olympus. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SE/SEMELE.htm
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| | Semele - MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Pagan Forums |
| | Well Thyone was a goddess-mother of Dionysos, who was originally a mortal princess named Semele. | | | Semele - MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Pagan Forums | | | However, Semele was her name as a mortal, and her name changed to Thyone after Dionysus got her from Hades and she became a goddess. |
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http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=38034
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| | Semele. |
| | [apart.] Thee Jove, and thee alone, Semele adores. | | | See, see Jove's Priests and holy Augurs come: | | | I love and am lov'd, yet more I desire; |
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/congreve1.html
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| | Semele @ London Coliseum |
| | Iain Paterson is King Cadmus, Semele's father; Robin Blaze sings Athamus, the Prince she doesn't want to marry, and Anne Marie Gibbons is Ino, Semele's sister, who does want to marry him and who gets her way when Semele is whisked off to higher things. | | | Carolyn Sampson is his Semele, and both looks and acts the charming, naïve, not-really-very-innocent victim of Jupiter's sexual predation. | | | But choosing a human form to appeal to the pretty - but definitely rather empty-headed society blonde, Semele - he gets away with it. |
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http://www.musicomh.com/opera/semele.htm
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| | Semele |
| | Dated towards the end of fifth century B.C. Semele is shown dead, and Hermes carries the baby Dionysus away. | | | Semele is shown into fires, after Zeus' visit, and she gives birth to Dionysus before she dies. | | | It is hard to represent both Zeus coming to Semele, saving the baby Dionysus and at the same time show Semele burning. |
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http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/~rreynold/Semele.htm
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| | 86 Semele |
| | It is named after Semele, the mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology. | | | 86 Semele (sem'-i-lee) is a large and very dark main belt asteroid. | | | For other objects and regions, see: Binary asteroids, Asteroid moons and the Solar system |
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http://www.1bx.com/en/86_Semele.htm
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| | `Semele' Hits Comic Stride In Third Act's Deft Singing |
| | In the bravura aria ``Myself I shall adore,'' soprano Ruth Ann Swenson -- singing the title role of a mortal princess enmeshed in a romance with Jupiter -- looks into an enchanted mirror and falls in love with what she sees. | | | Meanwhile, Juno, queen of the gods -- who has laid this trap to wreak her revenge on the little home-wrecker -- reacts with growing irritation. | | | Bass-baritone John Relyea got off to a slow start in Act 1 as Semele's father, the Theban king Cadmus, but he recovered in Act 3 with a hugely boisterous comic showcase as the sleep god Somnus. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/11/03/DD114618.DTL&type=music
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| | Online Review London -Semele |
| | As Semele says "Endless pleasure, endless love / Semele enjoys above. | | | Who could fail to be convinced Semele has found true love and made the right decision, or had it made for her by the philandering Jove. | | | The situations in which these have to be placed may be formulaic, even repetitive and sometimes hard to follow or believe, but once the nutshell has been removed the nut itself is rich and fruitful. |
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http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/Semele.html
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| | UO Opera - Semele |
| | Cadmus, King of Thebes and father of Semele: | | | MACINTOSH USERS: For best results, use Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher to view these photos. |
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http://music1.uoregon.edu/images/Ensembles/Opera/Semele
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| | Semele - smh.com.au |
| | It is an evening of fine singing and gentle wit. | | | But when it came to the absurdities they weren't about to apologise for Handel's bad dress sense. | | | The tone of the production is never so pretentious as to have a meaning, except perhaps that sleeping your way to the top (and Semele goes right to the top) is dangerous but you can have a lot of fun along the way. |
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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/05/1038950147856.html
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| | Semele - definition of Semele by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Semele - definition of Semele by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | Then there was the daughter of Phoenix, who bore me Minos and Rhadamanthus: there was Semele, and Alcmena in Thebes by whom I begot my lion-hearted son Hercules, while Semele became mother to Bacchus the comforter of mankind. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Messiah Truth: A Jewish Response to Missionary Groups |
| | Founded Communions of Saints, and Churches into which disciples were received by Baptism | | | Krishna was born of the virgin Devaki; the Savior Dionysus was born of the virgin Semele. | | | Buddha too was born of a virgin, as were the Egyptian Horus and Osiris. |
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http://www.messiahtruth.com/response.html
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| | PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Semele -- A Pretty Dreary Evening |
| | Mary Westbrooke-Geha certainly had a commanding presence and contributed bits of good singing. | | | There is little positive to be said about the male singers. | | | Theodora Hanslowe had her moments as well, most particularly in the soaringly beautiful duetto with Semele, “Prepare Then, Ye Immortal Choir.” Still, when singing solo, too much of Hanslowe’s expression was external to the music, oblivious to the music’s internal logic. |
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http://www-tech.mit.edu/V119/N56/Semele.56a.html
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| | Antonio de LITERES - Júpiter y Semele [CW]: Classical CD Reviews- Sept 2003 MusicWeb(UK) |
| | If you cannot see banners immediately above this line click here. | | | This makes for some unusual effects - notably at the catastrophe, where Semele is incinerated by embracing (as she herself has demanded) the God in his true fiery form. | | | Rarely can even Marta Almajano have given such a towering performance as she does here, and Jupiter’s poised lament after Semele’s death is, fittingly, the musical highpoint of the performance. |
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Sept03/Jupitery_Semele.htm
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| | Radford Semele CE Primary School, Warwickshire, Leamington Spa |
| | Click here to update the details of Radford Semele CE Primary School in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire | | | Comments: Radford Semele CE Primary School, (Local education authority: Warwickshire) is a Primary School in Radford Semele, Leamington Spa. | | | Radford Semele CE Primary School, Warwickshire, Leamington Spa |
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| | Semele |
| | Semele was the daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, and the mother, by Zeus, of the god Dionysus. | | | Thus Dionysus is sometimes called "the twice-born." Dionysus was raised at first by Semele's sister and brother-in-law, Ino and Athamus, and later by the nymphs of Nysa. | | | As an adult, he retrieved his mother from Hades and made her a goddess; she was called Thyone. |
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| | Easy Reader Story |
| | But Ino has eyes for him, and a lot more to offer as well, as she writhes at his feet while he laments that his sweetheart has left him for a god. | | | Semele’s dead
but her union with Jupiter has produced Bacchus, the god of wine. | | | And that promise is that he reveal himself to her in all his godly splendor, not just his human disguise. |
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| | Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Semele |
| | Warned by Zeus that it would be dangerous, she insisted that he reveal to her his true nature as god of sky and storm. | | | Semele was possessed of a heroic thirst for knowledge. | | | Princess of Thebes, mother of Dionysus, referred to as a heroine by G.S. Kirk in The Nature of Greek Myths. |
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http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/semele_c.html
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| | Semele on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Zeus, who loved her, appeared to her as a man. Semele asked him to come to her in his divine form, but when he did the fire of his thunderbolts killed her. | | | Zeus snatched his unborn son from her ashes and thrust him into his thigh, from which Dionysus was finally born. | | | Later Dionysus rescued Semele from Hades and made her a goddess on Olympus. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s/semele.asp
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| | SEMELE - Online Information article about SEMELE |
| | god, who had sworn to refuse Semele nothing, unwillingly consented. | | | BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ") | | | Zeus and Semele probably represent the fertilizing See also: |
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| | Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music |
| | The end comes when Semele is convinced by Juno in disguise to experience Jupiter in all his glory; the god's flames destroy her. | | | Marta Almajano, a soprano Jupiter, is excellent throughout, but she sings with particlar beauty and fine legato in her lament after Semele's death. | | | This performance was taped live in Mallorca, and, some stage noises and not-always-perfect singing aside, it's a pleasure from start to finish. |
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http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=6871
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| | Hipparchia semele |
| | semele: Semele was the earth goddess, daughter of Cadmus | | | semele is now extinct in inner parts of Oslofjord. |
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| | SEMELE - Ancient Mythology |
| | When Semele did this, Zeus had no choice but to agree to herrequest, as he had sworn 'by the black waters of the Styx'---one of the most solemn oaths man or god could swear---to grant her wish, before hearing what it was. | | | The mother of Dionysos, she incurred the wrath ofHera, who, on discovering that her husband Zeus was the father of the baby, visited Semele indisguise, and after winning her trust, advised her to get Zeus to swear to appear to her in allhis majesty as thunder god. | | | Therefore he appeared to her as a thunderstorm, resplendent with lightning and loud crashing, whichunfortunately was the death of Semele. |
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http://www.mysticgames.com/mythology/Semele.htm
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| | Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! |
| | Zeus had already promised to grant Semele her every wish and thus was forced to grant a wish that would kill her: the splendour of his firebolts, as god of thunder, destroyed Semele. | | | Semele's liaison with Zeus enraged Zeus's wife, Hera, who, disguised as an old nurse, coaxed Semele into asking Zeus to visit her in the same splendour in which he would appear before Hera. | | | "Semele." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. |
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| | Semele, Greece, Greek mythology |
| | She had relations with Zeus until his jealous wife Hera made him show himself to Semele as he really was, which instantly turned Semele into ashes. | | | Mother of Dionysus and daughter of king Cadmus and Queen Harmonia of Thebes. | | | Zeus saved their child Dionysus out of the ashes and put it in his thigh until it was time for it to be born. |
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http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/semele.htm
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| | Performances - Semele - Arizona Opera |
| | This will be a radiant new production, which re-imagines Handel's gods and mortals in a sexy, contemporary world filled with wit and glamour. | | | Stephanie Blythe joins Arizona Opera from an acclaimed season at the Metropolitan Opera as the goddess Juno, who lays waste to the delusions of the mere mortal Semele. | | | Originally written as an oratorio, this heavenly work has been added to the pantheon of favorites of opera companies worldwide. |
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http://www.azopera.com/performances.php?opera=semele
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