Europa - Europa (English spelling) Europē

Japanese: エウロペ - えうろぺ(英語表記)Eurōpē
Europa - Europa (English spelling) Europē

A woman in Greek mythology. Daughter of King Ageanor of Telos and Telepatha, she has two sisters, Cadmus and Kirix. Zeus, the great god, was moved by Europa, the most beautiful of the sisters, and approached her in the form of a white bull. Europa was afraid at first, but when she playfully mounted the bull, it suddenly galloped across the sea and landed on the island of Crete. The two had sex near the spring of Gortyn, and Europa gave birth to Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon. Zeus gave her the bronze man Talos, a hunting dog, and a javelin. Later, she became the wife of King Asterion of Crete and adopted three children. After her death, she was deified, and the bull became the constellation Taurus. It is also said that the area where Europa arrived riding on the bull became Europe after her name.

[Masahiro Ogawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ギリシア神話の女性。テロスのアゲアノル王とテレパサの娘で、カドモスとキリクスの姉妹がいる。大神ゼウスは、姉妹のなかでもひときわ美しいエウロペに心を動かし、白い牡牛(おうし)となって近づいた。初めは恐れていたエウロペが戯れにその牡牛の背にまたがると、突然牡牛は疾走して海を渡り、クレタ島に上陸した。2人はゴルティンの泉のほとりで交わり、やがてエウロペはミノス、ラダマンティス、サルペドンを生んだ。ゼウスは彼女に、青銅人間タロス、猟犬、投槍(なげやり)を与えた。そして、のちに彼女はクレタ島のアステリオン王の妻となり、3人の子を養子とした。彼女は死後神格化され、牡牛は星座のおうし座となった。また、エウロペが牛に乗ってやってきたという地域が、その名にちなんでヨーロッパになったと伝えられる。

[小川正広]

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