Poems of Schiller - 1st Period
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**Semele**, a verse drama included in this collection, narrates the tragic love story of Semele, a Theban princess, and Zeus, the king of the gods. Despite warnings from Juno, Zeus's jealous wife, Semele yearns to behold her lover in his divine form. Zeus grants her wish, but the overwhelming power of his presence consumes Semele, leaving her lifeless. The drama explores themes of forbidden desire, the limits of mortality, and the consequences of divine intervention in human affairs.Book Details
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Friedrich Schiller
Germany
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated,...
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