=== マイナーな話 ===
==== セメレーとディオニューソス ====
テーベのカドマス王の娘セメレーがゼウスの子を身ごもったことを知ったヘーラーは、セメレーの乳母に化け、ゼウスに真の姿を見せることを求めるよう姫を説得した。スティクス<ref name="Hamilton">Hamilton, Edith (1969). "Mythology".</ref>に誓ってそうせざるを得なくなったとき、彼の雷と稲妻はセメレーを滅ぼした。に誓ってそうせざるを得なくなったとき、彼の雷と稲妻はセメレーを滅ぼした。ゼウスはセメレーの胎児であるディオニューソスを自分の太ももに縫い付けて妊娠を完了させた。
When Hera learned that [[Semele]], daughter of [[Cadmus]] King of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], was pregnant by Zeus, she disguised herself as Semele's nurse and persuaded the princess to insist that Zeus show himself to her in his true form. When he was compelled to do so, having sworn by [[Styx]], his thunder and lightning destroyed Semele. Zeus took Semele's unborn child, [[Dionysus]], and completed its gestation sewn into his own thigh.
In another version, Dionysus was originally the son of Zeus by either Demeter or [[Persephone]]. Hera sent her Titans to rip the baby apart, from which he was called Zagreus ("Torn in Pieces"). Zeus rescued the heart; or, the heart was saved, variously, by [[Athena]], [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], or [[Demeter]].<ref>Seyffert ''Dictionary''</ref> Zeus used the heart to recreate [[Dionysus]] and implant him in the womb of Semele—hence Dionysus became known as "the twice-born". Certain versions imply that Zeus gave Semele the heart to eat to impregnate her. Hera tricked Semele into asking Zeus to reveal his true form, which killed her. Dionysus later managed to rescue his mother from the underworld and have her live on Mount Olympus.