Semiramis
historical figure · 4 works · 7 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Semiramis the regal · a woman tyrant
in the texts
Orations
Legendary queen whose palace is invoked as a comparison for opulence.
And still more the dwelling of Menelaus, and that of a man returned from a campaign—does he not describe it as something Persian and Median, almost not far short of the palace of Semiramis, or of Darius and Xerxes?
and of his golden plane-tree and the buildings of Semiramis and the walls in Babylon there was no benefit to him.
And there was another, a woman tyrant, Semiramis, who, being advanced in years and lustful, compelled certain men to lie with her.
Stromata
Ruler in whose reign linen garments are said to have been invented.
In the time of Semiramis, king of the Egyptians, they relate that linen garments were found.
The Histories
Earlier of the two queens of Babylon credited with major public works, known for building flood-control dikes.
The first of these lived five generations earlier than the second, and her name was Semiramis:
The Rights of War and Peace
Legendary Assyrian queen accused of initiating an unjust war against an Indian king.
” Promoted by this natural knowledge of right and wrong, the Indian King, as we are informed by Diodorus, accused Semiramis of having commenced war against him without having received any injury.