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    tale of the Raptus, also known as "The Abduction of Europa" and "The Seduction of Europa", substituting the god Jupiter for Zeus. The myth of Europa and...
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    mythological story of the abduction of Europa by Zeus (Jupiter to the Romans). In the myth, the god assumed the form of a bull and enticed Europa to climb onto...
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  • entity Europa (Greek myth), or Europe, several figures in Greek mythology, including: Europa (consort of Zeus), a lover of Zeus Europa, one of the Oceanids...
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    Metamorphoses, part of which tells the tale of Zeus's seduction and capture of Europa. The painting shows a coastal scene with Europa being carried away...
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    corresponding more with the Europa deplorans than the Europa triumphans allegory. Europa (consort of Zeus) Woman of the Apocalypse History of Spain National personification...
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  • Rossi Europa (consort of Zeus), a Phoenician princess in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe is taken Europa, one of the Oceanids...
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  • Greek mythology, Europa is the name of: Europa (consort of Zeus) one of the Oceanids, the daughters of the Titan Oceanus daughter of the earth giant Tityas...
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  • List of Latin phrases Europa (consort of Zeus) "Terence: Heauton Timorumenos". Retrieved 2016-06-07. Danny J. Boggs. Challenges to the Rule of Law: Or...
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    the oracle of Dodona, his consort was said to be Dione, by whom the Iliad states that he fathered Aphrodite. According to the Theogony, Zeus' first wife...
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    The Rape of Europa is a 1643 painting by Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), now in the palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. He also produced a more erotic earlier...
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    Croesus (redirect from Croesus of Lydia)
    one of Alyettes’ wives, so may have been Croesus’ mother, because the bull imagery on the croeseid symbolises the Hellenic Zeus—see Europa (consort of Zeus)...
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    The Rape of Europa is a 1628-29 oil on canvas painted by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Prado Museum, in Madrid. It is a copy of a 1562 work...
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    completed between 1637 and 1639 and showing the abduction of Europa by Zeus in the form of a bull. It was later collected by Denis Mahon, who loaned it...
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    The Rape of Europa is an oil on canvas painting by Claude Lorrain, from 1655. With its pendant The Battle of the Milvian Bridge, it is now in the Pushkin...
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    José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) depicting Europa's abduction by the Greek god Zeus in the form of a bull. The classical theme from Greek mythology...
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  • (Τάλως), a giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus, and given by Zeus to his lover Europa as her personal protector. Tityos (Τίτυος), a giant slain by Apollo...
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  • sister was Thraike. Europa was the mother of Dodonaeus (Dodon) by Zeus. Europa, second wife of Phoroneus and mother of Niobe. Europa, a Phoenician princess...
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    Hera (category Divine women of Zeus)
    to Zeus-Ammon Βασίλεια (Basíleia) 'Queen' at Ialysus in Rhodes Βασιλίς (Basilis) 'Queen' at Libadia and Argos. Διώνη (Diōnē) as the consort of Zeus at...
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    sister Europa back to Tyre after she was abducted from the shores of Phoenicia by Zeus. In early accounts, Cadmus and Europa were instead the children of Phoenix...
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    the son of Zeus and Europa, and the brother of Minos and Rhadamanthus, while in other accounts the Sarpedon who fought at Troy was the grandson of the Sarpedon...
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    Semele (category Mortal women of Zeus)
    youngest daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, and the mother of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths. Certain elements of the cult of Dionysus and...
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  • Eupyridae Eureka (word) Euripides Euripus (Acarnania) Euroea Europa (consort of Zeus) Europa (Greek myth) Europs (mythology) Eurotas Euryale (Gorgon) Euryalus...
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    Princesses of Whiteland The Two Kings' Children Europa (consort of Zeus) Chambers, Robert (1870). Popular Rhymes of Scotland, New Edition. London and Edinburgh:...
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  • Agenor (category Kings of Tyre)
    of the Pleiades and mother of Lacedemon by Zeus was also said to be the daughter of Agenor. Zeus saw Agenor's daughter Europa gathering flowers and immediately...
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  • Telephassa (category Children of Potamoi)
    Telephassa was her mother." Zeus saw Europa gathering flowers, transformed himself into a white bull, and carried her away to the island of Crete. He then revealed...
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    daughter and consort of Phanes, and the second ruler of the gods. She delivers prophecies to Zeus from an adyton, and is described as the nurse of the gods...
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    Io (mythology) (category Mortal women of Zeus)
    [iːɔ̌ː]) was, in Greek mythology, one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes, such as Perseus...
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    appear to be geographical eponyms, such as Europa, Asia, Ephyra (Corinth), and Rhodos (Rhodes). Several of the names given for Oceanids, are also names...
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    accounts, Lybee (Libya) consorted instead with Zeus and became the mother of Belus. In Hyginus' Fabulae, Libye was called the daughter of Palamedes (corrected...
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    does di-u-ja ("Zeus"). A feminine variant, po-se-de-ia, is also found, indicating a lost consort goddess, in effect the precursor of Amphitrite. Poseidon...
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