Caroline Lawrence

Myths are malleable, so we do sometimes get the body of a bull and the head of the man, which is deeply creepy. For some reason, that's more creepy than the body of a man with the head of a bull. So we do occasionally get it because, of course, these myths are not canon. They're not scripture. They're malleable. You can play with them, and in fact,

Myths are malleable, so we do sometimes get the body of a bull and the head of the man, which is deeply creepy. For some reason, that's more creepy than the body of a man with the head of a bull. So we do occasionally get it because, of course, these myths are not canon. They're not scripture. They're malleable. You can play with them, and in fact,

Myths are malleable, so we do sometimes get the body of a bull and the head of the man, which is deeply creepy. For some reason, that's more creepy than the body of a man with the head of a bull. So we do occasionally get it because, of course, these myths are not canon. They're not scripture. They're malleable. You can play with them, and in fact,

I think some of our most striking images of the minotaur and the maze come from the Greek tragedians of the fifth century, who maybe we don't still have their plays, but we have little lines from them, which are very, very powerful. So yeah, they think Sophocles might have been the one who talks about the maze as a twisty thing.

I think some of our most striking images of the minotaur and the maze come from the Greek tragedians of the fifth century, who maybe we don't still have their plays, but we have little lines from them, which are very, very powerful. So yeah, they think Sophocles might have been the one who talks about the maze as a twisty thing.

I think some of our most striking images of the minotaur and the maze come from the Greek tragedians of the fifth century, who maybe we don't still have their plays, but we have little lines from them, which are very, very powerful. So yeah, they think Sophocles might have been the one who talks about the maze as a twisty thing.

And I think there's a wonderful line in Euripides about a baby born of mixed and sterile form, a mixture of man and bull of dual nature. So again, you've got this kind of hybrid creature.

And I think there's a wonderful line in Euripides about a baby born of mixed and sterile form, a mixture of man and bull of dual nature. So again, you've got this kind of hybrid creature.

And I think there's a wonderful line in Euripides about a baby born of mixed and sterile form, a mixture of man and bull of dual nature. So again, you've got this kind of hybrid creature.

The origin story starts with Europa. Well, I mean, you can go back almost to as far as you want. Starts with Europa. Now she was a Phoenician princess from Tyre, which is modern Lebanon. So that's really interesting. She's like a Semitic person. Her ancestor, not her mother, but a few generations back, might have been Io. Io was a nymph that Zeus loved.

The origin story starts with Europa. Well, I mean, you can go back almost to as far as you want. Starts with Europa. Now she was a Phoenician princess from Tyre, which is modern Lebanon. So that's really interesting. She's like a Semitic person. Her ancestor, not her mother, but a few generations back, might have been Io. Io was a nymph that Zeus loved.

The origin story starts with Europa. Well, I mean, you can go back almost to as far as you want. Starts with Europa. Now she was a Phoenician princess from Tyre, which is modern Lebanon. So that's really interesting. She's like a Semitic person. Her ancestor, not her mother, but a few generations back, might have been Io. Io was a nymph that Zeus loved.

Zeus is going to factor, as we know, big in all the myths because he's always desiring nymphs, girls, women, goddesses, whatever. Sure enough, he spotted Io and desired her. And he went to seduce her or whatever. And then he heard Hera coming. So he quickly turned Io into a heifer so that Hera wouldn't be suspicious. But Hera was not fooled.

Zeus is going to factor, as we know, big in all the myths because he's always desiring nymphs, girls, women, goddesses, whatever. Sure enough, he spotted Io and desired her. And he went to seduce her or whatever. And then he heard Hera coming. So he quickly turned Io into a heifer so that Hera wouldn't be suspicious. But Hera was not fooled.

Zeus is going to factor, as we know, big in all the myths because he's always desiring nymphs, girls, women, goddesses, whatever. Sure enough, he spotted Io and desired her. And he went to seduce her or whatever. And then he heard Hera coming. So he quickly turned Io into a heifer so that Hera wouldn't be suspicious. But Hera was not fooled.

And she set a god's lie to torment this poor heifer, Io, who was running all over the place. So already in Europa's ancestry, we've got a great-great-grandmother who was turned into a cow. Then Europa... was, as I said, she's a Phoenician princess playing on the seashore one day. Zeus spots her and likes her. So he takes the form of a beautiful bull and goes along the beach.

And she set a god's lie to torment this poor heifer, Io, who was running all over the place. So already in Europa's ancestry, we've got a great-great-grandmother who was turned into a cow. Then Europa... was, as I said, she's a Phoenician princess playing on the seashore one day. Zeus spots her and likes her. So he takes the form of a beautiful bull and goes along the beach.

And she set a god's lie to torment this poor heifer, Io, who was running all over the place. So already in Europa's ancestry, we've got a great-great-grandmother who was turned into a cow. Then Europa... was, as I said, she's a Phoenician princess playing on the seashore one day. Zeus spots her and likes her. So he takes the form of a beautiful bull and goes along the beach.

And she comes up to him because he's so beautiful. And he lets her stroke him. And all the girls she's with are amazed that she's so bold. And then she actually climbs on his back. And off he goes over the sea and ends up in Crete. So he takes Europa to Crete, and that's where we get the term Europe, though Crete, what do we call Crete Europe? I don't know. So anyway, they have three sons.

And she comes up to him because he's so beautiful. And he lets her stroke him. And all the girls she's with are amazed that she's so bold. And then she actually climbs on his back. And off he goes over the sea and ends up in Crete. So he takes Europa to Crete, and that's where we get the term Europe, though Crete, what do we call Crete Europe? I don't know. So anyway, they have three sons.