Εὐρ·ώπη, ης (ἡ) Eurôpè (Europe) :
   I n. de f. :
      1 fille d’Okeanos, HÉS. Th. 357 ;
      2 mère de Minos, BATR. 79 ; HDT. 1, 2 et 173 ; PLAT. Min. 318 d, etc. ;
   II l’Europe, HH. Ap. 251, 291, etc. ; HDT. 7, 126, etc.

➳ Dor. Εὐρώπα, PD. N. 4, 70 ; EUR. Andr. 801, Hec. 482, etc.

Étym. εὐ. ὤψ.

Proper name: EURO′PA (Εὐρώπη), according to the Iliad (xiv. 321), a daughter of Phoenix, but according to the common tradition a daughter of Agenor, was carried off by Zeus, who had metamorphosed himself into a bull, from Phoenicia to Crete. (Apollod. iii. 1. § 1; Mosch. ii. 7; Herod, i. 173; Paus. vii. 4. § 1, ix. 19. § 1; Ov. Met. ii. 839, &c.; Comp. Agenor.) Europe, as a part of the world, was believed to have received its name from this fabulous Phoenician princess. (Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. 251; Herod, iv. 45.) There are two other mythical personages of this name (Hes. Theog. 357; Pind. Pyth. iv. 46.), which occurs also as a surname of Demeter. (Pans. ix. 39. § 4.) (Wikisource | public domain)

s. LGPN

ἡ, Europa, Europe, as a geog. name, first in h.Ap. 251, Pi. N. 4.70, A. Fr. 191, Hdt. 1.4, al. fem. pr. n. in Hes. Th. 357, Hdt. 1.2, etc. ; — also Εὐρώπεια, ἡ, Mosch. 2.15.