To behold him in all his glory. Bad move.
Semele; Hera had become angry that Zeus had married Seele. So Hera told Semele to ask Zeus to reveal his true divine form. Zeus had sworn by Styx that he grant Semele a single wish, and so he showed his true form. Semele then died by Zeus's divine light.
none semele and zeus were his parents and semele died when dionysus was in her so zeus took him out and put him in his thigh.
Semele asked Zeus to appear before her in all his glory; as he would before Hera, who had found out about the affair and convinced the girl to ask this of Zeus - when Zeus did so, Semele died; Dionysus was retrieved from her womb.
Hera killed Semele by manipulating her into asking Zeus to reveal his true form. Disguised as a nurse, Hera instigated Semele's doubts about Zeus's divinity, leading Semele to demand that Zeus show himself in all his glory. When Zeus complied, his divine form was too overwhelming for Semele, and she was consumed by the sight, resulting in her death.
He didn't do it purposely. Hera disguised herself and tricked Semele into thinking Zeus wasn't her boyfriend. Semele asked Zeus to show his true form to her. He did and she died. But Zeus saved the baby who later became Dionysus.
She did not, Zeus came to her.
Zeus and Semele
Zeus and Semele.
Semele and Zeus
Zeus and Semele.
Zeus and Semele.
According to Legend, Dionysos was the son of Zeus and Semele.