Editing Telephassa (section)

== Mythology ==
Telephassa gave to her daughter, Europa, the basket of gold which was made by [[Hephaestus]]. This gift was originally bestowed by [[Poseidon]] to [[Libya of Egypt|Libya]] who in turn gave this to Telephassa by the account of their blood relation.<ref name=":0" /><blockquote>"Now Europa’s basket was of gold, an admirable thing, a great marvel and a great work of Hephaestus, given of him unto Libya the day the Earth-Shaker took her to his bed, and given of Libya unto the fair beauteous Telephassa because she was one of her own blood; and so the virgin Europa came to possess the renownèd gift, being Telephassa was her mother."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>[[Zeus]] saw [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]] gathering flowers, transformed himself into a white bull, and carried her away to the island of [[Crete]]. He then revealed his true identity and Europa became the first queen of Crete. Telephassa accompanied her son Cadmus on a quest to find Europa. The mother and son traveled to the islands of [[Rhodes]] and [[Santorini|Thera]] before arriving in [[Thrace]], where Telephassa fell ill and died. "On Samothrace... the mother was called [[Electra (Greek mythology)|Elektra]] or [[Electryone|Elektryone]]", Karl Kerenyi notes.<ref>Kerenyi 1959:27.</ref> After burying his mother, Cadmus was told of the [[oracle]] of [[Delphi]] by the Thracians. Upon consulting the oracle, he was advised to travel until encountering a cow. He was to follow this cow and to found a city where the cow would lie down; this city became [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]]. Cilix, Europa's other brother, also searched for her and settled down in southern [[Asia Minor]]. The land was called [[Cilicia]] after him.