Europe (mythology)

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Europe (also Europa) is the name of three characters in Greek mythology.

1. Europe, one of the Oceanids. [1]

2. Europe, mother by Danaus of Automate, Amynone, Agave, and Scaea. See Danaids. [2]

3. Europe, daughter of Tityus, a Taenarian. She is mother, by Poseidon of Euphemus. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 346, [1]
  2. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 2.1.5 [2]
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14 [3]