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Σεμέλα

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

English (Slater)

Σεμέλα (cf. Θυώνα.) daughter of Kadmos, mother of Dionysos.
   1 ζώει μὲν ἐν Ὀλυμπίοις ἀποθανοῖσα βρόμῳ κεραυνοῦ τανυέθειρα Σεμέλα (O. 2.26) Κάδμου κόραι, Σεμέλα μὲν Ὀλυμπιάδων ἀγυιᾶτις, Ἰνὼ δὲ (P. 11.1) [Σεμέλην secl. edd. ut gloss. fr. 75. 12.] οἰχνεῖ τε Σεμέλαν ἑλικάμπυκα χοροί fr. 75. 19.