Semelē (English spelling) Semele

Japanese: Semelē（英語表記）Semele

…Zeus also fathered many children with mortal women, including Dionysus by the Theban princess Semele, Hercules by Alkmene, Perseus by Danae, and Minos by Europa. Stories are told about each case that characterize the details and the people involved.

From [Zagreus]

…He was the son of Zeus, who had turned into a snake, and Persephone. He was raised to be the successor to his father, but was torn to pieces and eaten by the Titans, who were instigated by Zeus' wife Hera. However, his heart was saved by the goddess Athena, and Zeus had the Theban princess Semele swallow it, and Dionysus, the second Zagreus, was born. [Tomohiro Mizutani]. …

From [Dionysus]

…Bacchus is the English reading of the name. In myth, he is said to be the son of Zeus and Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, the king of Thebes, and the story of how he, who was born to a human woman, joined the ranks of the Olympian gods is told as follows: Semele, who was loved by Zeus and conceived a child, was deceived by Zeus's jealous wife Hera, and prayed to Zeus, who possesses thunderbolts, to visit her in her original godly form, but was struck by lightning and burned to death, but Zeus took the baby from her womb, sewed it into his thigh, and waited for the baby to come to him. …

From the Theban Legend

…His wedding with Harmonia was a grand affair, with all the gods present and blessing, but many of his daughters met unfortunate ends. These included Semele, who gave birth to Dionysus despite dying after being struck by Zeus' thunderbolt; Agau, who tore her son Pentheus to pieces (see Euripides' tragedy, The Bacchae); and Ino, who threw herself into the sea to die. The Acropolis of Thebes was called Kadmeia after Cadmus, and Babylonian cylinder seals have been unearthed there in recent years, proving that there was contact with the East.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Semelē" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ゼウスは人間の女との間にも多数の子をもうける。主要なものだけを挙げれば，テーバイの王女セメレSemelēによりディオニュソスを，アルクメネAlkmēnēによりヘラクレス，ダナエDanaēによりペルセウス，エウロペによりミノスを得た。それぞれの場合につき細目と関与者を特徴づける物語が語られている。…

【ザグレウス】より

…蛇の姿に変じたゼウスがペルセフォネと交わって生まれた子で，父神の後継者となるべく養育されていたが，ゼウスの妃ヘラにそそのかされたティタン神たちに八つ裂きにされて食われた。ただ心臓だけは女神アテナに救われたので，これをゼウスがテーバイ王女セメレSemelēに嚥下（えんげ）させ，第2のザグレウスたるディオニュソスが誕生したという。【水谷智洋】。…

【ディオニュソス】より

…バッカスはその英語読み。　神話では，彼はゼウスとテーバイ王カドモスの娘セメレSemelēの子とされ，人間の女を母とする彼がオリュンポスの神々の列に加わるまでの経緯が次のように語られる。ゼウスに愛されて子を宿したセメレは，これを嫉妬（しつと）したゼウスの妃ヘラに欺かれ，雷電をもつゼウスに神本来の姿で訪れるよう願ったため，その雷にうたれて焼け死んだが，ゼウスは彼女の胎内から嬰児（えいじ）を取り出し，みずからの腿（もも）に縫い込んで月満ちるのを待った。…

【テーベ伝説】より

…彼とハルモニアHarmoniaとの結婚式は，すべての神々が臨席し祝福した盛大なものとされるが，その娘たちには不幸な最期を遂げたものが多い。ゼウスの雷霆（らいてい）にうたれて死につつもディオニュソスを生んだセメレSemelē，わが子ペンテウスを八つ裂きにするアガウエAgauē(エウリピデスの悲劇《バッコスの信女》を参照)，海にわが身を投じて果てたイノInōなどである。なおテーベのアクロポリスは，カドモスにちなんでカドメイアKadmeiaと呼ばれたが，ここからは近年バビロニアの円筒印章が出土し，東方との交流のあったことを裏づけている。…

※「Semelē」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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