the myth of “ europe ”. let΄s take a trip to ancient europe

The myth of “The myth of “EuroEuropepe””

Let΄s take a trip to ancient Europe

Here we are in Phoenicia, today΄s Syria, which was:

An ancient, marine country.

Its name came from a kind of dye with deep purple colour, “finon”,

that they used to trade.

Once upon a time there was Agenor, King of Syria and son of the Greek God Poseidon.

Agenor had a really

beautiful daughter …

... Princess EuroEuropepe..

One day,

beautiful EuroEuropepe

was picking flowers

with her friends at the

beach ...

...saw EuroEuropepe and

fell in love

with her.

Ηe transformed himself into a white bullwhite bull

and approached her.

Then Zeus, the Father of the Olympian Gods…

The beautiful animal seemed calm and friendly ...

... so EuroEuropepe came close to it...

Unsuspected,

she rode him.

Zeus took that opportunity, ran to the sea and swam … with her on his back …

Scared, EuroEuropepe held onto his horns.

The bull flThe bull flewew over the waves and reached over the waves and reached the greek island Crete. the greek island Crete.

They had three sons:

Rhadamanthys, Minos and Sarpedon

One of them,

Minos,

became the king of Crete and the founder of the

first European Civilization.

Princess EuroEuropepe gave her name to our continent

EUROPEEuroEuropepe

(the one who has (the one who has big eyes)big eyes)

The two sides of the European coin

of 2 euros.

Coins depicting EuroEuropepe

A Cyprian coin of 1994

An ancient silver

Cretan coin

The myth of “The myth of “EuroEuropepe””:The mythical name that brings us Europeans together!