Εὐρώπα

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Εὐρώπα
   a daughter of Tityos, mother by Poseidon of Euphamos. Εὔφαμος υἱὸς ἱππάρχου Ποσειδάωνος ἄναξ, τόν ποτ' Εὐρώπα Τιτυοῦ θυγάτηρ τίκτε Καφισοῦ παῤ ὄχθαις (P. 4.46)
   b Europe, the continent (v. West on Hes., Theog. 357.) ἀπότρεπε αὖτις Εὐρώπαν ποτὶ χέρσον ἔντεα ναός (N. 4.70)