A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Θυώνη), the name of Semele, under which Dionysus fetched her from Hades, and introduced her among the immortals. (Hom. Hymn. 5.21; Apollod. 3.5.3; Cic. de Nat. Deor. 3.23; Pind. P. 3.99; Diod. 4.25; Apollon. 1.636.)

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