%0 Journal Article %T El mito de Europa en los textos literarios cl¨¢sicos %A Bancalari Molina %A Alejandro %J Acta literaria %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-68482011000200007 %X the aim of this article is to study the story of the myth of europe in various texts of ancient rome and greece, its most widespread and common conception, and the meanings which can be deduced from this term. this article also examines how the idea of europe shifts from being a legend to being a concrete geographical reality in the roman world. %K europe %K story %K myth %K theonym %K toponym %K geographical space. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-68482011000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en