The abduction of Europa
The story (myth) of the abduction of Europa has a particularly special importance, since it
symbolizes, on the one hand, the mythological routes of Europe in relation to the Greek
civilization and, on the other hand, the creative...
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The abduction of Europa
The story (myth) of the abduction of Europa has a particularly special importance, since it
symbolizes, on the one hand, the mythological routes of Europe in relation to the Greek
civilization and, on the other hand, the creative adventure Europe has come about due to its
unification in order to reinvent itself as the European Union.
According to the Greek mythology, Zeus saw Europa, a Phoenician maiden, daughter of the
King of Phoenician Sidon (now known as Lebanon) and Cadmus’s sister, playing with her
friends by the seaside.
Infatuated by her striking beauty, Zeus came up with a cunning plan. He metamorphosed in
a beautiful white bull and approached her uncommonly gentle for a bull; a bull that smelled
of flowers.
His gentleness and sweetness, a characteristic most unusual for such an animal, tricked
Europa, who slid on to his back. The instant she did so, the bull charged off and plunged into
the sea with the princess on his back. So they reached Crete accom
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