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As mother of Minos, Europa was considered by the ancients as the founder of the most ancient branch of civilisation in what became known as Europe. Her journey from the [[Levant]] to Crete to found what the Greeks considered to be the forerunner of their culture, is allegorical reference to the transfer of culture that enabled the rise of the [[Minoan civilisation]] in the early third millennium B.C.
As mother of Minos, Europa was considered by the ancients as the founder of the most ancient branch of civilisation in what became known as Europe. Her journey from the [[Levant]] to Crete to found what the Greeks considered to be the forerunner of their culture, is allegorical reference to the transfer of culture that enabled the rise of the [[Minoan civilisation]] in the early third millennium B.C.
A historicised version of her story was recounted by Herodotus, in which Europa was kidnapped by human Cretans in revenge for the kidnapping of [[Io]].<ref>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D1</ref>
==References==
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[[Category: Greek Mythology]]
[[Category: Greek Mythology]]