The myth of europe
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Zeus fell in love with Europa, the daughter of a Phoenician royal family, and disguised himself as a bull to abduct her. He raped her and took her to his palace in Crete, Greece, where they had a son together named Minoas. Europe derives its name from the nymph Europa that Zeus abducted in the form of a bull.
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