Talk:Europa (consort of Zeus)

Europa as the continent's name

The continent of Europe is called Europa in all Germanic languages except English, in Hungarian (Európa) and in all Slavic languages that use the Latin alphabet, as well as in Greek and Latin.

I do not get it. Europe is called Europa in English too, unless you count only exact spelling. If that is so, Europa is not used in all slavic languages using latin alphabet, because there is also different spelling used (Evropa). --Kyknos 15:55, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps you'll edit the passage to render it sensible. --Wetman 18:26, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

It should be changed to "latin languages" 'cause it's Europa in spanish, romanian, portuguese and italian, but the french as usual decided to complicate and use europE so "most of latin languages" it's ok. right?

In greek it isn't called Europa, but Evrope where the "E" is pronounced as in estimate and "ope" is pronounced as in Penelope.

Secondly, zeus didn't just take her to crete and gave her gifts and was such a sweet man, he did raped her, "...Once on the shore of Crete, Zeus raped Europa under a cypress tree." (from another site about the girl). So it's sort of tragic thing and not heroic like the text tries to impose. I just don't know if he raped her as a bull or as a man, cause the site also states that "...Such an act of abduction, bestiality and sexual abuse is illegal in every civilised society in the world, and yet it is a symbol of the EU..."

This confuses myth, fiction, conventions of narrative realism, tragedy, pathos, ethics, gender issues and political correctness in a perfectly inextricable fashion. No one can help, i'm afraid... --Wetman 00:41, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Pseudo-Apollodoros needs an article

In the reference list, Pseudo-Apollodoros is a red link. Our disambiguation page for Apollodoros has no page to point to that would define him. There is enough info sitting around in WP to sort this out. Given enough patience, a person could use catalog.loc.gov or www.perseus.tufts.edu to find out the best official way of referring to this person. He is certainly notable! EdJohnston 22:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

The phantom which is given the name is simply the author of Bibliotheke ("the Library"), long misidentified with Apollodorus. This virtual author has no real-world identity apart from his creation, as with almost any author named "Pseudo something." But compare Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, pseudomymous author of a shelf-load. --Wetman 00:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC)