Greek mythology
Europa
The maiden carried to Crete on the back of Zeus
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Agenor
- Children
- Rhadamanthus · Minos
- Siblings
- Cadmus
- Group
- Mortal · Ruler
- Appears in
- Cadmus and Thebes
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Europa is a Phoenician princess gathering flowers by the shore when Zeus appears as a magnificent white bull. Charmed, she climbs onto his back, and he plunges into the sea and swims her to Crete. There she bears him three sons, including Minos, and gives her name to a continent.
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Cadmus and Thebes
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- Who is Europa?
- Europa is a Phoenician princess gathering flowers by the shore when Zeus appears as a magnificent white bull. Charmed, she climbs onto his back, and he plunges into the sea and swims her to Crete. There she bears him three sons, including Minos, and gives her name to a continent.
- Which mythology does Europa belong to?
- Europa belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Europa appear in?
- Europa appears in Cadmus and Thebes, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Europa. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/europaMLA
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