Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Cilix.
The gallery
The Abduction of Europa
Rembrandt, 1632
Rembrandt's Europa carried west — the sister Cilix fails to find, leaving him to settle the Asian coast that takes his name as Cilicia.
Cadmus Goes in Search of His Sister Europa
Unknown (Ovid Metamorphoses illustration), c. 17th–18th century
Cadmus' search for Europa — the same Agenorid quest that strands Cilix in Asia Minor as eponym of Cilicia.
The Rape of Europa
Titian, c. 1560–1562
Titian's Europa — Agenor's daughter whose abduction scatters Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix across the eastern Mediterranean.
In play
Cilix
Son of Agenor who abandons the search for Europa and gives his name to Cilicia — the eponym as geographic residue.
Cilicia
The southern Anatolian region named for Cilix in classical aetiology — brother of Cadmus as map-label.
Europa (consort of Zeus)
Cilix's sister — the Phoenician princess whose abduction launches the brothers' failed quest.
Agenor
Cilix's father — the Tyrian king who sends his sons to recover Europa or never return.