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Europa
also: Εὐρώπην
A mortal princess carried by Zeus, disguised as a bull, across the sea to Crete. The poem's simile compares the frog carrying the mouse on his back to this famous abduction — and finds the frog's burden the heavier 'burden of love.'
Reading notes
- The Battle of Frogs and Mice §66 Europa
A mortal princess carried by Zeus, disguised as a bull, across the sea to Crete. The poem's simile compares the frog carrying the mouse on his back to this famous abduction — and finds the frog's burden the heavier 'burden of love.'