Mittwoch, 27. August 2014

0407 Europe

Postcrossing

Europe is named after the Phoenician princess Europa of Greek myth who was seduced by Zeus disguised as a bull.
Geographically, Europe is not a continent. Its boundary with Asia was a Greek idea to name the two sides of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles).

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