Europa

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Phoenician princess figure in Greek mythology mortal woman

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Eurōpē 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseAfterZeus Minotaur ⓘ
surface form: Asterion
symbol bull ⓘ
title Queen of Crete ⓘ
transportedTo Crete ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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