Zeus vainly tried to convince her otherwise and in order to please her he fulfilled her wish. The poor mortal, could not experience the light of bolts of lighting coming out of Zeus’ and she perished thunderstruck.
As the flames wreathed the unfortunate woman, Zeus took the six month fetus, she was carrying and sewed him into his thigh and when the nine months went by Dionisos was born, for the second time, this time by his god father. For this reason he gained immortality.The king of immortal, though knew very well that his jealous wife would show her wrath towards the newborn child that’s why he gave the child to Hermes to keep him safe. Hermes trusted the child to Semele’s sister Ino and her husband Athamantas.