Editing Europa (consort of Zeus) (section)

== Family ==
[[File:Al-Bass Arch Site P1010056.JPG|thumb|left|The birthplace of Europa, [[Tyre, Lebanon]]]]
Sources differ in details regarding Europa's family, but agree that she is [[Phoenicia]]n, and from an [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argive]] lineage that ultimately descended from the princess [[Io (mythology)|Io]], the mythical [[nymph]] beloved of Zeus, who was transformed into a heifer. She is generally said to be the daughter of [[Agenor]], the [[Phoenicia]]n King of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]];<ref name="encarta2008">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Europa (mythology)|encyclopedia=Encarta|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|year=2008}}</ref> the Syracusan poet [[Moschus]]<ref>Moschus, ''Europa'' ([http://www.theoi.com/Text/Moschus.html#2 on-line text at Theoi Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503035801/https://www.theoi.com/Text/Moschus.html#2 |date=2021-05-03 }}).</ref> makes her mother Queen [[Telephassa]] ("far-shining") but elsewhere her mother is [[Telephassa|Argiope]] ("silver-faced").<ref group=note>[[#Kerenyi|Kerenyi]] points out that these names are attributes of the moon, as is Europa's broad countenance.</ref> Other sources, such as the ''[[Iliad]]'', claim that she is the daughter of Agenor's son, the "sun-red" [[Phoenix (son of Agenor)|Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Homer, Iliad, Book 14, line 321 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D14%3Acard%3D312 |access-date=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2022-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104193304/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134:book%3D14:card%3D312 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":03">[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in [[Hellanicus of Lesbos|Hellanicus]]' ''Boeotica''</ref> It is generally agreed that she had two brothers, [[Cadmus]], who brought the alphabet to mainland Greece, and [[Cilix]] who gave his name to [[Cilicia]] in [[Asia Minor]], with the author of ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheke]]'' including Phoenix as a third. So some interpret this as her brother Phoenix (when he is assumed to be son of Agenor) gave his siblings' name to his three children and this Europa (by this case, niece of former) is also loved by Zeus, but because of the same name, gave some confusions to others. After arriving in Crete, Europa had three sons fathered by Zeus: [[Minos]], [[Rhadamanthus]], and [[Sarpedon (brother of Minos)|Sarpedon]], the first two becoming judges of the Underworld, alongside [[Aeacus]] of Aegina, when they died.<ref name="encarta2008" /><ref>Pseudo-Apollonius, ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheke]]'' 3.1.1.</ref> In Crete she married [[Asterion (king of Crete)|Asterion]], also rendered Asterius, and became mother (or step-mother) of his daughter [[Crete (mythology)|Crete]]. Pausanias wrote that the poet [[Praxilla]] makes [[Carnus]] a son of Europa.<ref>Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 3.13.5</ref>
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|+ <big>Comparative table of Europa's family</big>
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| ''Alcman''
| {{abbr|''Hom.''|Homeric Hymns}}
| {{abbr|''Sch. Iliad''|scholium on Iliad}}
| {{abbr|''Hes.''|Hesiodic Catalogue of Women}}
| {{abbr|''Hella.''| Hellanicus' Boeotica}}
| {{abbr|''Bacchy.''|Bacchylides}}
| {{abbr|''Sch. Eurip''|scholium on Euripides}}
| {{abbr|''Mosc''| Moschus}}
| ''Con''{{cn|date=March 2025}}
| ''Diod.''{{cn|date=March 2025}}
| colspan="2" |{{abbr|''Apollod.''|Apollodorus}}
| ''Hyg.''{{cn|date=March 2025}}
| {{abbr|''Pau.''|Pausanias}}
| ''Non.''{{cn|date=March 2025}}
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| rowspan="8" |''Parentage''
| Phoenix
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| ✓<ref group=note name=":0">Though Europa was unnamed in this text, she must be the daughter of Phoenix who coupled with Zeus.</ref>
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| Phoenix and Cassiopeia
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| Phoenix and Telephassa
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| Phoenix and Telephe
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| Phoenix and Perimede
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| Agenor
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| Agenor and Telephassa
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| Agenor and Argiope
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| rowspan="9" |''Siblings''
| Phineus
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| ✓<ref group=note>Even though Phineus was called the son of Agenor according to Apollodorus, his mother may be different because only three sons (Cadmus, Phoenix and Cilix) were born to Agenor and Telephassa.</ref>
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| Astypale
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| Phoenice
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| Peirus
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| Cadmus
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| Thasus
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| Phoenix
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| Cilix
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| Adonis
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| rowspan="2" |''Consorts''
| Zeus
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| Asterius
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| rowspan="4" |''Children''
| Minos
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| ✓<ref group=note>Unnamed but pertains to Minos who was king of Crete</ref>
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| Rhadamanthys
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| Sarpedon
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| Carnus
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