Semele

Semele was a figure from Greek mythology.

Abode
After being deified, Semele became the goddess of the frenzy that seized the Bacchantes during the Bacchic Orgies.

Dionysus
Semele was born a mortal demigoddess who was loved by Zeus. After Hera learned that Zeus and Semele had had an affair, Hera tricked Semele into getting Zeus to promise to grant her one wish. After Zeus agreed, Hera instructed Semele to ask to see his true form. Zeus knew that mortals could not withstand being the presence of a god in their true form but, as the god of oaths, he had to comply and Semele perished. Zeus saved their son, Dionysus, from her womb and gave him to Chiron to raise.

Later, Dionysus traveled to the Underworld to bring his mother up to Olympus to live forever as a deity.

Other Names

 * Thyone