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The myth of “The myth of “EuroEuropepe””
Let΄s take a trip to ancient Europe
Here we are in Phoenicia, today΄s Syria, which was:
An ancient, marine country.
Its name came from a kind of dye with deep purple colour, “finon”,
that they used to trade.
Once upon a time there was Agenor, King of Syria and son of the Greek God Poseidon.
Agenor had a really
beautiful daughter …
... Princess EuroEuropepe..
One day,
beautiful EuroEuropepe
was picking flowers
with her friends at the
beach ...
...saw EuroEuropepe and
fell in love
with her.
Ηe transformed himself into a white bullwhite bull
and approached her.
Then Zeus, the Father of the Olympian Gods…
The beautiful animal seemed calm and friendly ...
... so EuroEuropepe came close to it...
Unsuspected,
she rode him.
Zeus took that opportunity, ran to the sea and swam … with her on his back …
Scared, EuroEuropepe held onto his horns.
The bull flThe bull flewew over the waves and reached over the waves and reached the greek island Crete. the greek island Crete.
They had three sons:
Rhadamanthys, Minos and Sarpedon
One of them,
Minos,
became the king of Crete and the founder of the
first European Civilization.
Princess EuroEuropepe gave her name to our continent
EUROPEEuroEuropepe
(the one who has (the one who has big eyes)big eyes)
The two sides of the European coin
of 2 euros.
Coins depicting EuroEuropepe
A Cyprian coin of 1994
An ancient silver
Cretan coin
The myth of “The myth of “EuroEuropepe””:The mythical name that brings us Europeans together!