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, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.^[1][2] In some accounts, her mother was called Parthenope and her sister was Thraike.^[3] Europa was the mother of Dodonaeus (Dodon) by Zeus.^[4]
• Europa, second wife of Phoroneus and mother of Niobe.^[5]
• Europa, a Phoenician princess from whom the name of the continent Europe was taken. She was the lover of Zeus.^[6]
• 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. These women wed and slayed their cousin-husbands, sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and Argyphia during their wedding night.^[7] According to Hippostratus, Europe was the daughter of the river-god Nilus and begotten all the 50 daughters of Danaus.^[8] In some accounts, the later married Melia, daughter of his uncle Agenor, king of Tyre.^[9]
• Europa, daughter of the giant Tityos. She bore, beside the banks of the Cephisus, a son Euphemus to the god Poseidon.^[10][11]
• 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.^[12]
• Europe, a surname of Demeter.^[13]

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References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN:0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theoi.com
• Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
• Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theoi.com
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theoi.com

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