Europa

 

From: Metamorphosis by Ovid, ca. 8 CE; Europa by Moschus, ca. 100-200 BCE; Catalogue of Women by Hesiod (?), ca. 700 BCE.

"First in the shallow waves the great god set

His spurious hooves, then sauntered further out

'Til in the open sea he bore his prize

Fear filled her heart as, gazing back, she saw

The fast receding sands . . . ."

-Metamorphosis by Ovid

Prometheus and Io

From: Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus (maybe), ca. 430 BCE; Metamorphosis by Ovid, ca. 8 CE

"The heart of Zeus thou hast made hot with love
And Hera's curse even as a runner stripped
Pursues thee ever on thine endless round."
-Prometheus, Prometheus Bound