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'''Europa''' (meaning “broad browed”), according to [[Greek]] [[myth]], was the daughter of Agenor, the [[king]] of [[Tyre]]. She was desired by [[Zeus]] who assumed the form of a bull (or, in another form of the myth, he sent a bull) which came from the sea as she played on the shore and so impressed Europa with its beauty and gentleness that she climbed upon its back.  
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'''Europa''' (meaning “broad browed”), according to [[Greek]] [[myth]], was the daughter of [[Agenor]], the [[king]] of [[Tyre]]. She was desired by [[Zeus]] who assumed the form of a bull (or, in another form of the myth, he sent a bull) which came from the sea as she played on the shore and so impressed Europa with its beauty and gentleness that she climbed upon its back.  
    
It immediately returned to the water and carried her away to [[Crete]]. In due course she bore [[Minos]], who was to become king of Crete, Rhadymanthus ,who was to become king of [[Elysium]] and, in some accounts, Sarpedon, who would be involved in the [[Trojan War]].  
 
It immediately returned to the water and carried her away to [[Crete]]. In due course she bore [[Minos]], who was to become king of Crete, Rhadymanthus ,who was to become king of [[Elysium]] and, in some accounts, Sarpedon, who would be involved in the [[Trojan War]].  
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