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Kalki 〽️
May 27, 2024
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The Abduction of Europa
According to the myth, Zeus, the father of the gods, fell in love with a beautiful princess named Europa. He approached the lady of his heart by transforming himself into a white bull while she was playing with her company. Fascinated by the beauty of the robust and seemingly friendly animal, the girls began to pet and play with the bull, and at some point, Europa tried to climb on him. The bull jumped into the sea and abducted her, and despite her tears, he brought the woman he loved to Crete.
According to the myth, Zeus, the father of the gods, fell in love with a beautiful princess named Europa. He approached the lady of his heart by transforming himself into a white bull while she was playing with her company. Fascinated by the beauty of the robust and seemingly friendly animal, the girls began to pet and play with the bull, and at some point, Europa tried to climb on him. The bull jumped into the sea and abducted her, and despite her tears, he brought the woman he loved to Crete.
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Silke
July 4, 2019
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Europe, a figure of Greek mythology, is the daughter of the Phoenician King Agenor and the Telephassa. Zeus fell in love with her. He turned into a bull because of his suspicious wife, Hera. His messenger Hermes drove a herd of cows near the beach of Sidon, where the Zeus bull was abducted on his back. He swam with her to Matala on the island of Crete, where he changed back. The connection with the god came from three children: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. Due to a promise of Aphrodite, the foreign continent was named after Europe (Wikipedia)
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Jake the hiker
July 21, 2024
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The statue stands in a parking lot directly by the sea.
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