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EUROPE, the goddess of peace and
love
Once upon a time, when peace ruled the world and gods protected all human beings, a young women, called Calliope, lived
with her family in a beautiful village. But one day, during a banquet, gods quarrelled about their power on humans and so
all the humans started to quarrel, too.
After
one month, the entire world was ruled by destruction, terror, and death. A lot of people died during these innumerable wars,
while gods were still arguing. Calliope’s family died when her village was destroyed. She didn’t know where to
go. Every day Calliope prayed, but the war continued for a long time.
One day, during a quarrel, Zeus hurled a thunderbolt to Apollo, but he hit Calliope
while she was escaping from a battle and so she died. Zeus looked at her: she
was very young and very beautiful! So the gods’ father, moved by what he had done, decided to make her a goddess:
the goddess of peace and love. He changed her name in Europe that means “large view”. Wherever the goddess turned
her view, there wouldn't be any sign of war. In fact, from that moment on, all the countries that had been at war
became a huge land called Europe.
From that time, Europe observes and protects
this enormous land, where peace dominates, and gods protect all the humans.
Raffaele VB
