Europa
Role: mother of Minos · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 13
Europa was hidden by Zeus at Teumessus. Later, she is named as the mother of Minos, from whom Miletus fled Crete; she is also identified as the mother of Carneus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Zeus hid Europa at Teumessus.(Book 9 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Teumessus)
- With: Zeus
- “Europa was hidden by Zeus.”
Book 3 · Chapter 13
- child: Carneus (son of Crius) “Carneus was the son of Europa”
Book 7 · Chapter 2
- child: Minos “And Miletus and the force with him came from Crete fleeing from Minos the son of Europa.”
Book 9 · Chapter 19
- with Zeus (Zeus hid Europa.) “where they say Europa was hidden by Zeus”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.