At Knossos, Wallis learned about the origin of the Minoan civilization. The guide explained that the Minoans descended from the hybrid offspring of Europa and Zeus.
Europa, a Phoenician princess, was abducted by Zeus, and their son, Minos, became the progenitor of the Minoan civilization.
The three hybrid (demigod) sons of Europa and Zeus in Greek mythology were Minos, Rhadamanthys (also spelled Rhadamanthus), and Sarpedon.
Zeus, the shape-shifting king of the gods, abducted the Phoenician princess Europa in the form of a magnificent white bull and carried her across the sea to Crete.
(Europa later married the Cretan king Asterion/Asterius, who adopted the boys.)
Note on sources: While Minos and Rhadamanthys are consistently named as sons of Zeus and Europa across ancient authors, Sarpedon’s parentage shows some variation — Homer and certain traditions give him a different mother (Laodamia).
However, many genealogies (including Hesiodic traditions and later compilations) include him as the third son of Zeus and Europa.
These three brothers were demigods — hybrids between the immortal, shape-shifting god Zeus and the mortal Phoenician princess Europa.
The abduction of Europa by the bull is one of the most iconic scenes in Greek art and literature.
Looeamong inspires Hatuas (Constantine) to call a council of wise men from Arabin'ya (Arabia), Heleste (Greece), Parsi'e (Persia), and Uropa (Europe).
And the kings of Heleste were sending emigrants by thousands and thousands into Uropa.
Now, after the fall of the great empire, Egupt, her people migrated westward, hundreds of thousands of them, and they settled in western Uropa, where these people married with the aborigines. Their offspring were called Druids, Picts, Gales (Galic), Wales (Welsh), Galls (Gauls), and Yohans (Johns), all of which are Eguptian names, preserved to this day.
Of Heleste and Uropa, the following: Datur, Promethus, Quirnus, Iyo, Osseo and Yohannas. And these taught the same doctrines, performing miracles also.
Yo-han, Lord of Himmel, a heavenly place over Uropa.
And God foresaw that now was the time to inspire the western nations of Uropa to great learning and to science and to philosophy and to western migration.
God had said: I will go to the northward, to the western coast of Uropa, and my angel hosts should inspire another people to migrate to Guatama for conscience sake (Jehovih's sake).
And so, God sent his angel hosts amongst the factions of western Uropa, and inspired mortals to rise up, and depart out of that country for conscience sake.
Nevertheless, Looeamong's angel warriors had accompanied them across the ocean; and, when they beheld what mortals had done, they departed, by means of the mortal ships returning to Uropa, for these angels were too low in grade to cross the ocean without the presence of mortals.
The latter had inspired, for sake of Jehovih, certain other people in north-western Uropa, who were Faithists in heart, but not practisers of the rites and ceremonies, who called themselves Quakers, to migrate to Guatama, to shape the destiny of the inhabitants to peace and virtue and wisdom; and these Quakers were covenanted to Jehovih, to never engage in war, nor to quarrel, nor to contend with any man for opinion's sake.
Looeamong, the false Kriste, perceived the design of God, Jehovih's Son, and immediately sent down to the earth, to Guatama, two thousand angel warriors, to overthrow Paine's doctrines, and to precipitate the colonies into war against the home government in western Uropa.
He had found mortal emissaries in Britain (western Uropa) whom he had inspired under the name, EAST INDIA COMPANY.
Now, all of these drujan Gods, whether of Chine'ya, or Vind'yu, or Arabin'ya, or Uropa, or Guatama, rejected Jehovih, but took the name of some one of the four false Gods, and protested that he himself was the real and true God and Savior.
She said: I see now how this traitorous God hath planned to beat me in the regions west of Heleste and Uropa.
Of Heleste and Uropa, the following: Datur, Promethus, Quirnus, Iyo, Osseo and Yohannas.
And, even then, they were not captured and cast into hell; but they escaped, taking half a million angel warriors with them, and they migrated to Uropa, to the city of Roma [Rome], where they established themselves in security.
All the land of Arabin'ya, Heleste and part of Uropa, was as one great seat of anarchy and war.
Behold, the whole of the countries of Egupt, Parsi'e, Heleste and Uropa were in war; and the heavens of these countries were also in war, with hundreds of hells within them.
Looeamong inspired Hatuas, the mortal emperor, to call together a council of wise men from all the kingdoms of Arabin'ya, Heleste, Parsi'e and Uropa, to select from all the religious doctrines in the world, that which was the wisest and best, that it might be established by kings, emperors and governors by the sword and spear, so there should never more be but one religion.
In Arabin'ya, Heleste and Uropa, they were scattered in all directions.
Now, after the fall of the great empire, Egupt, her people migrated westward, hundreds of thousands of them, and they settled in western Uropa, where these people married with the aborigines.
And you didst inspire mortals in western Uropa to made crusades against Thoth, in order to possess Jerusalem and Te-theas, whereby millions of mortals were slain, and vast regions of country laid desolate.
You**** have hunted them down in Chine'ya, Vind'yu, Arabin'ya, Parsi'e, Heleste and Uropa.
After her came the songs of Naphatat and Gur and Suth, the three heavenly places on the plateau, Chin-jah, high-raised over the earth divisions, Uropa and Asia, wider than the earth.
And the kings of Heleste were sending emigrants by thousands and thousands into Uropa.
Seventh, you, Fo-ebe, should be ruler over Uropa and her heavenly kingdom, and thy title should be FO-EBE, and of the first rank of GODDESS OF THE EARTH.
To Uropa, because she was first founded by a woman, I establish a heavenly kingdom, and it should be called HIMMEL.
Yo-han, Lord of Himmel, a heavenly place over Uropa.
Agenor: Became a prominent figure linked to Phoenicia and is considered the ancestor of many important mythological figures, including Europa and Cadmus.
Telephassa ultimately gave this golden basket to her daughter, Europa, before Europa’s fateful encounter with Zeus.
It is implied that Europa took the basket with her during the famous episode where Zeus abducted her in the guise of a white bull.
The basket's presence may have highlighted Europa's innocence and nobility, foreshadowing her destiny to become the mother of three significant figures: Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon.
Since Hephaestus often made objects with magical or significant properties, the basket represents Europa's ties to the divine and her future importance.
It also serves as a literary device that underscores Europa's divine connection and blessing, further elevating her status beyond that of a mere mortal.
During Europa’s abduction by Zeus, the imagery of her with the golden basket by her side often adds an artistic and poetic quality to the narrative.
In art and literature, this golden artifact symbolizes Europa's purity and the prosperity that would come from her union with Zeus.
Europa would later become the queen of Crete, and her sons—Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon—would play vital roles in Greek mythological history.
In the Greek myths that move from Phoenicia to Crete and then into Greece, Telephassa stands as the far-shining queen-mother beside Europa and Cadmus.
She is mother of a daughter, Europa, and of three sons: Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix.
…but Agenor went to Phoenicia, married Telephassa, and begat a daughter Europa and three sons, Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix.
But some say that Europa was a daughter not of Agenor but of Phoenix.
What the text says is clear enough for a who-answer: Telephassa is the Phoenician queen-mother of the Europa–Cadmus cycle.
Some say Europa’s father was Phoenix, not Agenor.
The plot that makes Telephassa more than a genealogy label is the search for Europa.
Zeus, in bull form, carries Europa to Crete.
On the disappearance of Europa her father Agenor sent out his sons in search of her, telling them not to return until they had found Europa.
But when, after diligent search, they could not find Europa, they gave up the thought of returning home, and took up their abode in divers places; Phoenix settled in Phoenicia; Cilix settled near Phoenicia… and Cadmus and Telephassa took up their abode in Thrace…
When Telephassa died, Cadmus buried her, and after being hospitably received by the Thracians he came to Delphi to inquire about Europa.
The god told him not to trouble about Europa, but to be guided by a cow, and to found a city wherever she should fall down for weariness.
Apollodorus’s main line makes her wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix.
The same paragraph already notes a variant in which Europa is daughter of Phoenix.
What stays stable across the useful sources is Telephassa as the maternal node for Europa and, in the main Apollodorus trail, for Cadmus as well.
Moschus gives Telephassa a second classical beat through Europa’s golden basket.
Europa receives it because Telephassa is her mother.
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.
Source: Moschus, Europa 37–42 (Edmonds / Theoi).
Telephassa is the maternal link that carries the marvel to Europa.
How I use the basket beat: as a Moschus-sourced maternal heritage line from Libya through Telephassa to Europa, before any diffusion reading.
A Phoenician royal house (the Tyre / Agenor line) sends Europa toward Crete and the Minos world.
My research interpretation treats Phoenician seafarers and the Cadmus–Europa myths as possible memory-carriers of older Atlantic or Near Eastern contact.
Where was Atlantis discusses Mediterranean and Minoan–Thera location hypotheses that sometimes meet the Europa–Crete trail in later research talk.
In Moschus she ties a Libya–Poseidon bloodline gift to Europa’s Crete crossing.
She is mother of Europa and Cadmus, and often of Phoenix and Cilix as well.
Who were her children?In Apollodorus’s main line: Europa, Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix.
Some traditions make Phoenix the father of Europa instead of Agenor.
How did Telephassa die?Apollodorus says she died in Thrace during or after the search for Europa, and that Cadmus buried her.
How does this help Atlantis research?The Phoenician–Crete–Greece myth trail gives a labeled diffusion bridge for Cadmus–Europa memory and seafaring contact hypotheses.
Golden basket crafted by Hephaestus: Moschus gift trail from Libya through Telephassa to Europa.
Europa was a figure in Greek mythology.
Abduction by Zeus: Zeus, captivated by Europa's charm, transformed himself into a magnificent white bull.
He mingled with her father's cattle, drawing Europa's attention while she was gathering flowers by the sea.
Europa, enchanted by the gentle and docile nature of the bull, climbed onto its back.
Zeus then seized the opportunity, charging into the sea and carrying Europa across the waters to the island of Crete [coordinates n="35.2401" e="24.8093" z="6"].
Life in Crete: On Crete, Zeus revealed his true identity to Europa, and they became lovers.
Zeus gifted Europa three notable sons: Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon.
Legacy: Europa's name has a significant legacy in Western civilization.
Sources provide varying accounts of Europa's lineage, but consistently identify her as Phoenician, linked to an Argive ancestry descending from Io, the nymph beloved by Zeus who was transformed into a heifer.
Europa is typically described as the daughter of King Agenor of Tyre, a Phoenician ruler.
Some versions, such as the Iliad, present Europa as the daughter of Phoenix, son of Agenor.
In this interpretation, there might be two Europas: one the niece of the other, both loved by Zeus, which could explain some of the confusion in the accounts.
After Zeus carried Europa to Crete, she had three sons with him: Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon.
In Crete, Europa also married Asterion (or Asterius) and became the mother or stepmother to his daughter, Crete.
According to Pausanias, the poet Praxilla also mentioned that Europa had a son named Carnus.
He was said to be the son of Zeus and Europa and ruled with a strict sense of justice, contributing to his eventual role as one of the judges of the dead in the underworld.
Mythological Evacuations: The chapter describes a great dispersion of gods and peoples from Central America, connecting myths like those of Atlas, Europa, and Bacchus to migrations from the Americas to Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Phoenician Influence: Europa’s myth is tied to Phoenician origins, with implications of transatlantic crossings.
If the legend of Cadmus recovering Europa, after she has been carried away by the white bull, the spotless cloud, means that "the sun must journey westward until he sees again the beautiful tints which greeted his eyes in the morning," it is curious to find a story current in North America to the effect that a man once had a beautiful daughter, 'whom he forbade to leave the lodge lest she should be carried off by the king of the buffaloes; and that as she sat, notwithstanding, outside the house combing her hair, "all of a sudden the king of the buffaloes came dashing on, with his herd of followers, and, taking her between his horns, away be cantered over plains, plunged into a river which bounded his land, and carried her safely to his lodge on the other side," whence she was finally recovered by her father.
The guide explained that the Minoans descended from the hybrid offspring of Europa and Zeus.
Europa, a Phoenician princess, was abducted by Zeus, and their son, Minos, became the progenitor of the Minoan civilization.
Zeus gives Talos to Europa.
The main claim I use is Zeus’s gift, Europa, and the Crete patrol.
Minos, king of Crete: Crete / Europa / Minos bridge for Talos and Minoan context.
Additionally, the god Zeus transformed into a bull to seduce Europa, which highlights the bull's association with divine power and sexual prowess.
The story of Zeus transforming into a bull to abduct Europa is mirrored in the stars, with the constellation representing the divine power and transformative ability of the gods.
The daughter of the king of Phoenicia, her name was Europa, was abducted by a being that could shape-shift, and with that being, she had three hybrid children, one of them called Minos, the progenitor of the Minoan culture in Greece.
The four largest moons—Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 and are known as the Galilean moons.