Europa

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Europa is a figure in Greek mythology, a Phoenician princess famously abducted by Zeus and later the eponymous queen of Crete.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Europa canonical 23
Eurōpē 1
Ευρώπη 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician princess
figure in Greek mythology
mortal woman
abductionLocation Sidon
shore of Phoenicia
abductionMethod Zeus in the form of a bull
abductor Zeus
artDepiction woman riding a bull
associatedWith fertility
Crete
surface form: island of Crete

royal legitimacy in Crete
sea voyage
children Minos
Rhadamanthus
Sarpedon
consort Minotaur
surface form: Asterion

Zeus
cultPlaces Crete
Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
culture Greek mythology
eponymOf Cretan queenhood
Europe
ethnicity Phoenician
father Agenor
Phoenix
honor gave her name to the continent Europe
iconography seated on the back of a bull over the sea
influenced European cultural identity myths
languageOfName Ancient Greek
laterReception symbol of Europe in art and literature
mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses
surface form: Metamorphoses by Ovid

Homer's Iliad
surface form: The Iliad

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
surface form: The Library of Apollodorus
mother Telephassa
mythologicalEvent abduction by Zeus as a white bull
mythType abduction myth
nameTransliteration Europa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eurōpē
origin Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
possibleMeaningOfName broad-faced
wide-eyed
siblings Cadmus
Cilix
Phoenix
spouseAfterZeus Minotaur
surface form: Asterion
symbol bull
title Queen of Crete
transportedTo Crete

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeus consort Europa
Minos mother Europa
Europa nameTransliteration Europa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eurōpē
Agenor fatherOf Europa
Agenor hasChild Europa
Telephassa child Europa
Telephassa relative Europa
Cadmus sibling Europa
Zeus and Hera consort Europa
subject surface form: Zeus
The Rape of Europa by Titian depicts Europa
subject surface form: The Rape of Europa
Sarpedon mother Europa
Catreus grandmother Europa
Rhadamanthus parent Europa
The Rape of Europa depicts Europa
Cilix sibling Europa
Queen of Crete titleHeldBy Europa
Δίας έχειΕραστή Europa
this entity surface form: Ευρώπη