Mythological Event In Time: The Abduction Of Europa

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The Abduction of Europa depicts a mythological event in time. During so, a woman Europa is taken away from her present area by Roman God Jupiter who is in the form of a bull. On top of Jupiter’s back while reaching one arm up towards the heavens as the other softly grasps the horn of Jupiter, Europa gracefully rides in majestic garments surrounded by lavish elegant strings of flowers including a harmonious silk sheet. With her forearm up and the palm of her hand opened, Europa stretches it out upwards in the direction of a number of two angles who are located stretched out on a singular abnormal shaped cloud. As the angles see this occurrence, there is also an immense phoenix who lurks above in the opposite direction viewing this moment. Without

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