Semele consumed by the fire of Zeus. Engraved

Semele consumed by the fire of Zeus. Engraved illustration from The Temple of the Muses, 1733. This book represented remarkable events of antiquity drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673-1733). Semele in Greek mythology, was the daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia. She became the mortal mother Dionysus by Zeus

1673-1733 1733 Boeotian Cadmus Consumed Dionysus Harmonia Mortal Muse Muses Picart Remarkable Represented Semele Zeus

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