The daughter of the fish-goddess Derceto, she was abandoned by her mother, and raised by doves.
The daughter of the fish-goddess Derceto, she was abandoned by her mother, and raised by doves. Before flying to heaven as a dove, she survived her husband Ninus, built the city of Babylon and its hanging gardens, and then resigned the crown to her son Ninyas. For ten points, name the legendary queen of Assyria who was the title heroine of a tragedy by Voltaire and an opera by Rossini.
The daughter of the fish-goddess Derceto, she was abandoned by her mother, and raised by doves.
Semiramis or Semiramide or Sammuramat