Picture No | 10082046 |
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Description | Semele and Zeus |
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Beloved by Zeus, Semele (daughter of Cadmus) is tricked into asking him to appear to her in all his splendour ; he reluctantly does so, and she burns up
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Source | engraving by J Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 80 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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