Σεμέλα
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (Slater)
Σεμέλα (cf. Θυώνα.) daughter of Kadmos, mother of Dionysos.
1ζώει 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.
