Europa

Kidnapped by Zeus while he is in the shape of a bull. According to Apollodorus, she was the daughter of Agenor, but in Homer’s The Iliad she is the daughter of Phoenix.

Genealogy

Telephassa

Agenor, Phoenix, Phoenix

Adonis, Cadmus, Cilix, Phoenix

Asterius

Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon

Places
  1. Crete
  2. Unknown
Events
  1. Zeus kidnaps Europa
  2. Europa gives birth to Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys
  3. Asterius marries Europa
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.7
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.2
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.1
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.2
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.12
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 2.5
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.1
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.8
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.1
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 39.4
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 39.5
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