{"id":16178,"date":"2026-02-23T21:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16178"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:38:59","slug":"europa-on-the-bull-24-5-x-23-cm","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/product\/europa-on-the-bull-24-5-x-23-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Europa on the Bull 24,5 x 23 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"552\">This sculpture reproduces one of the most evocative images of ancient Greek mythology: Europa carried across the sea by Zeus in the form of a bull. The original work is known from an Archaic Greek bronze statuette dated to the late 7th\u2013early 6th century BCE, discovered at <strong data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"500\">Olympia<\/strong>, the sacred sanctuary of Zeus in the Peloponnese.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"950\">In the myth, Zeus transforms himself into a powerful yet gentle bull to abduct Europa, a Phoenician princess, an event that symbolized divine power, transformation, and the spread of culture from the eastern Mediterranean to Greece. Such figures were closely associated with sanctuaries and were likely dedicated as votive offerings to the gods, particularly Zeus, whose cult dominated Olympia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1275\">Created during the Archaic period, this type of sculpture reflects early Greek mastery of form, movement, and narrative storytelling. Objects like this were produced in mainland Greece and used in religious contexts, bridging myth, ritual, and early artistic innovation that would shape Classical art for centuries to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3b9d7554-0d8a-4fee-89fb-4aaac2d6cf9d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1458\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">An Archaic Greek depiction of Europa and Zeus, inspired by a 7th\u20136th century BCE original from Olympia, celebrating myth, devotion, and early Greek artistry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[17,18,445,39],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16178","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-sculptures","product_cat-bronze-sculptures","product_cat-collection-iii","product_cat-statues"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16178"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}