Europa

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Europa being abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull

Europa being abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull

Europa being abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull, detail from an Attic krater, 5th...

Courtesy of the Museo Nazionale Tarquiniense, Tarquinia, Italy; photograph, Hirmer Fotoarchiv, Munich

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