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HOME-Magazine-Issue-10-From-Tyre-To-Europe-2.Pdf From Tyre to Europe Watermark Portrait of Europa on the €5 banknote The Europa series of banknotes Banknotes — those bills that the continent Europe was called. god Zeus who ruled as king of the we use on a daily basis. When Two of the Europa series' security gods on Mount Olympus. accustomed to their use, we features represent the portrait of don’t need to read their value, we Europa: the watermark and the Zeus once saw the princess recognize them from their size hologram. on the shore of Tyre, playing and color at a glance. We therefore and gathering flowers with her rarely take the time to really look The watermark and the hologram attendants. Despite being married The Rape of Europa, Titian, ca. 1560-1562, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA. Hologram Portrait of Europa on the €20 banknote at them and try to figure out are visible on both sides of the to the goddess Hera, Zeus was their symbolism through what is banknote. When holding the captivated by Europa’s beauty and Fascinated by its handsome Meanwhile Agenor, her father, Rape of Europa by Italian artist depicted on them. banknote against the light, the overwhelmed with desire for the flanks and gentle demeanor, the orders his sons to search for her Titian), and so on. faint image of the watermark mortal princess. princess approaches the bull, shyly in every corner of the earth, and The release of new banknotes by becomes visible, while when laid caressing him. She even holds commands them not to return In Book 5 of The Persian Wars, the central bank of any country on a dark surface, the dark areas of Yelding to temptation, Zeus flowers up to his glistening mouth. without Europa. The sons’ quest is Herodotus, a Greek historian of is based on a long process. the portrait become darker. As for headed to the shores of Tyre but The bull lies down at Europa’s feet in vain, so neither of them return the fourth century B.C. recounts: Many characteristics need to be the hologram, it is a transparent not before metamorphosing into a on the yellow sand, encouraging to their HOMEland. Each son considered, including paper type, window on the banknote magnificent bull so as to disguise and reassuring her. The royal settles in a different region and [5.58] Now the Phoenicians who color, design, security, and so containing the portrait of Europa. himself from his jealous wife. virgin grabs his horns, and dares founds a new civilization: one of came with Cadmus, and to whom forth. to sit on the bull’s back. them in Thrace (today partly in the Gephyraei belonged, introduced The portrait shown on the Ovid, a Roman poet (43 B.C. to 18 Turkey and Greece); the other in into Greece upon their arrival a In 2013, the European Central banknotes is based on an A.D.) describes the bull as follows As soon as she was seated, the bull the island of Thasos; the third in great variety of arts, among the rest that of writing, whereof the Bank started gradually illustration of a mythological in his poem, Metamorphoses: ran toward the sea, and carried Africa; and the youngest, Cadmos, Greeks till then had, as I think, been introducing the second series of scenery, featuring Zeus and the the princess away from the shore founded a town to which he gave ignorant. euro banknotes, called the Europa princess Europa, daughter of the [2.852-858] In color he was white of Tyre. Looking back at the shore, his name, Cadmia. series. They started circulating King of Tyre, in the form of a bull. as the snow that rough feet have not she was terrified but dared not trampled and the rain-filled south Europa and her brothers settled in the €5, €10, €20 and €50 between The scenery is depicted on a Greek jump off. From myth to reality different regions of Europe. This 2013 and 2017, while the 100 vase found on an excavation site in wind has not melted. The muscles Could the myth of princess Europa € rounded out his neck, the dewlaps myth should remind us that we and 200 were released on May Italy and is dated to 360 B.C. The Zeus and Europa reached the be the founding story for what € hung down in front, the horns were all have a common heritage, and 28, 2019, hence completing the vase is currently on display at the twisted, but one might argue they shores of Crete, where the god is today known as the European that we are, above all, humans — Europa series. Louvre Museum in Paris. were made by hand, purer and reveals his true identity. Three continent? This question has long wherever we live, and whatever brighter than pearl. His forehead sons are born from the union been asked by historians. Although background we happen to come The Europa series — not the From a princess to a continent was not fearful, his eyes were not between Europa and Zeus. A while they have very divergent opinions from. Europe series — are the new The myth is the one of princess formidable, and his expression was later, Europa marries Asterius, on the matter, the Abduction banknotes of the European Union. Europa, who was the epitome of peaceful. King of Crete, who adopts her sons of Europa can still be found on feminine beauty on earth — at and makes her the first queen of ancient coins, in literature, in Europa, the consort of Zeus in least according to the legend — Crete. mosaics, and paintings (e.g. The By Carole Atallah Greek mythology, after whom and the Greek sky and thunder 64 Magazine - HOMELAND & HERITAGE Magazine - HOMELAND & HERITAGE 65 FOR A BRIGHT LEBANON & LEBANESE OF THE WORLD www.myLEBANONmyHOME.com BY SUBSCRIPTION OR AT YOUR NEWSSTAND.
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