Europe was playing with her girlfriends in the fields when king of the godsZeus passed by and noticed her. Amazed by her beauty, he took the shape of a white bull with golden horns to abduct the maid.
Europe noticed the bull among the herd and playfully mounted him; together, they traveled until Crete. Only when they arrived in Gortyn in Crete, Zeus revealed his true identity and Europe laid with Zeus under a platan which became evergreen. The couple created three sons: Minos, the king of Crete, Sarpidon and Radamanthus.
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