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Crete

also: Κρήτην

The island to which Zeus, disguised as a bull, carried Europa across the sea — the mock-heroic point of comparison for the frog ferrying the mouse on his back.

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Mentioned in 4 works (17 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 3 mentions
The Odyssey poem · 10 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 3 mentions
The Battle of Frogs and Mice poem · 1 mention

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