. cenici; by Nauch,1871; withnotes by Paley, 1872.—2. The youngest of thethree sons of the above. After the death of hisfather he brought out three of his plays at thegreat Dionysia, viz. the Alcmaeon (no longerextant), the Iphigenia at Aulis, and theBacchae. Euripus (EtfpiTros), any part of the sea wherethe ebb and flow of the tide were remarkablyviolent, is the name especially of the narrowstrait which separates Euboea from extraordinary tides of the Euripus havebeen noticed by modern observers: the watersometimes runs
. cenici; by Nauch,1871; withnotes by Paley, 1872.—2. The youngest of thethree sons of the above. After the death of hisfather he brought out three of his plays at thegreat Dionysia, viz. the Alcmaeon (no longerextant), the Iphigenia at Aulis, and theBacchae. Euripus (EtfpiTros), any part of the sea wherethe ebb and flow of the tide were remarkablyviolent, is the name especially of the narrowstrait which separates Euboea from extraordinary tides of the Euripus havebeen noticed by modern observers: the watersometimes runs as much as eight miles an Chalcis there was a bridge over the Euripus,uniting Euboea with the mainland. [Chalcis.] Euromus (Ei/pwfws: Jaklys), a small town ofCaria, at the foot of Mt. Grion (a ridge parallelto Mt. Latmus), in the conventus juridieus ofAlabanda. It lay eight English miles NW. ofMylasa. Europa (Evpwirri), according to the Iliad (), a daughter of Phoenix, but according tothe common tradition a daughter of the Phoe- EURYCLEA 335. Europa. Schlichtcrgroll, Stosch Collection nician king Agenor (Hdt. iv. 147; Eur. ; Diod. v. 78; Ov. Met. ii. 858). Her sur-passing beauty charmed Zeus, who assumedthe form of a bull and mingled with the herdas Europa and her maidens were sporting onthe sea-shore. Encouraged by the tameness ofthe animal, Europa ventured to mount his back;whereupon Zeus rushed into the sea, and swamwith her in safety to Crete. (Hor. Ol. iii. 27,25; Apollod. iii. 1; i. 110; Ov. 850, Fast. v. 605.) Here she became by Zeusthe mother of Minos, Rhadamanthus, and, inpost-Homeric story, of Sarpedon (Hdt. i. 173;Eur. Hlies. 29). She afterwards married Aste-rion, king of Crete, who brought up the childrenwhom she had had by the king of the gods(Apollod. /. c.; Diod. iv. GO). After her deathshe was deified under the name Hellotis orHellotia (cf. Athen. p. G78). Among variousattempts to rationalise the myth was the ex-planat
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