Europa (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Europa (/jʊəˈroʊpə, jə-/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē, Attic Greek pronunciation: [eu̯.rɔ̌ː.pɛː]) or Europe is the name of the following figures:
- Europa, an Oceanid, daughter of the Titans of the sea, Oceanus and Tethys.[1] She was the mother of Dodonaeus (Dodon) by Zeus.[2][3]
- Europa, second wife of Phoroneus and mother of Niobe.[4]
- Europa, a Phoenician princess from whom the name of the continent Europe was taken. She was the lover of Zeus.[5]
- Europe, a queen in her country and one of the many consorts of Danaus, king of Libya. She conceived four of the Danaïdes namely: Amymone, Automate, Agave and Scaea.[6] According to Hippostratus, Europe was the daughter of Nilus and begotten all the fifty daughters of Danaus.[7]
- Europa, daughter of the giant Tityos. She bore, beside the banks of the Cephisus, a son Euphemus to the god Poseidon.[8][9][10]
- Europe, an Athenian maiden who was the daughter of Laodicus. She was sent by her people to Crete. as one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur.[11]
- Europe, a surname of Demeter
References
- ^ Hesiod; Theogony; XI; 337-370
- ^ Clementine Recognitions, 10.21-23
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Dōdōne, with a reference to Acestodorus
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 932
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheke, 3.1.1-2
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.1.5
- ^ John Tzetzes. Chiliades, 7.37 p. 370-371 Translated by Vasiliki Dogani
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ^ Pindar, Pythian ode 4. 45
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes. Argonautica, 1.217-222
- ^ Servius on Aeneid, 6. 21
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