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Europa later married Asterius, the King of Crete.
A different woman named Europa was the daughter of Tityus[?] and mother of Euphemus by Poseidon.
Europa has lent her name to the continent of Europe, which is called Europa in all Germanic languages (except English), and in all Slavic languages which use the Latin alphabet, as well as in Greek and Latin. Thus, for instance, its appearance on postage stamps commemorating a "United Europe" first issued in 1956.
Apollodorus. Bibliotheke III, i, 1-2; Ovid. Metamorphoses II, 833-III, 2.
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