what is the symbol of semele? what godness is she?

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In Greek mythology, Semele, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother[1] of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths. (In another version of his mythic origin, he had two mothers, Persephone and Semele.) The name "Semele", like other elements of Dionysiac cult (e.g., thyrsus and dithyramb), is manifestly not Greek[2] but apparently Thraco-Phrygian;[3] the myth of Semele's father Cadmus gives him a Phoenician origin. Herodotus who gives the account of Cadmus estimates that Semele lived sixteen hundred years before his time, or around 2000 B.C.[4]





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1 Seduction by Zeus and birth of Dionysus
2 "Virgin" impregnation by Zeus

2.1 Supposed influence on Christianity
3 Locations
4 Semele in Roman culture
5 Semele in later art
6 Notes
7 External links
8 References