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Ocean Warrior 
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Good history for everyone to know.  - Europa and the Bull, fresco in Pompeii, 1st century CE
- And gradually she lost her fear, and he
Offered his breast for her virgin caresses,
His horns for her to wind with chains of flowers
Until the princess dared to mount his back
Her pet bull's back, unwitting whom she rode.
Then—slowly, slowly down the broad, dry beach—
First in the shallow waves the great god set
His spurious hooves, then sauntered further out
Till in the open sea he bore his prize
Fear filled her heart as, gazing back, she saw
The fast receding sands. Her right hand grasped
A horn, the other lent upon his back
Her fluttering tunic floated in the breeze.
- Written by the Roman poet Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso 43 BC – AD 17)
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