< Europus, son of Macedon >

1 Origin

Europus was born near Mount Olympus in 1335 BC.

Europus' father was Macedon, son of Aeolus. [StephByz.E287.14]

Europus' mother was Oreithyia, daughter of Cecrops. [StephByz.E287.14]

2 Others

Europus founded Europus in 1305 BC, a little north of Pella in Macedonia. [StephByz.E287.14]

Botton, who led a group of immigrants from Crete, settled near Europus in 1235 BC. [Photios.186.25, Strabo.6.3.2, Strabo.7.8.2]

Botton is presumed to be the son of Daedalus, and Europus was a cousin of Botton's grandmother. [Plut.GQuest.35, Strabo.6.3.2, Strabo.7.8.2, Plut.These.16]

The Botton immigrants included the descendants of the Athenians who were sent to Crete from Athens in the time of Aegeus. [Plut.QuestGr.35]

The inhabitants of Europus were also the descendants of those who migrated from Athens following the marriage of Oreithyia.