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🌍 Mount Ida (Crete)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 the Panacra Mountains (alt. Ida)
    Information
    mountain on Crete
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83659
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589816
    In
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Place of conception of
    πŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae
    Place of birth of
    πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Zeus (Crete)
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Rhea TitanπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘₯ the Dactyloi group of young demigods, often identified with Couretes on Mount IdaπŸ‘₯ the Dictaian Nymphs of Mount Ida (Cretan) who raise ZeusπŸ‘€ Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) abducted by ZeusπŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I) king of Crete, father of Ariadne and Pasiphae🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete) mountain on Crete associated with the birth of Zeus and DictynnaπŸ‘€ Amaltheia nurse of Zeus, either nymph or goat, and owner of horn of plentyπŸ‘€ Adrasteia nurse of Zeus, associated with the Idaian DactylsπŸ‘₯ the Couretes (guardians) guard the infant ZeusπŸ‘€ Cronos Titan, father of ZeusπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Zeus (Crete)πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Zeus (Crete) location of Zeus' nourishment on Crete, sometimes called the Idaian or Dictaian Cave.πŸ‘₯ the Mothers group of goddesses associated with CreteπŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Semele mother of Dionysos by ZeusπŸ‘€ Teucros (s. of Scamandros) son of Scamandros and Idaia🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) mountain in the TroadπŸ‘€ Demeter Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Iasion (s. of Electra) son of Zeus and ElectraπŸ‘€ Celmis Idaian DactylπŸ‘€ Damnameneus Idaian DactylπŸ‘€ Olenos (h. of Lethaea) husband of LethaeaπŸ‘€ Lethaea (w. of Olenos) wife of Olenos, turned to stone
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Pausanias 5.7.6-5.7.10πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 93 MostπŸ“– Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 17πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1-9πŸ“– Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 42-54πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 3.61.1-3.61.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.80.1-4.80.6πŸ“– Pomponius Mela 2.113πŸ“– Strabo 10.3.13πŸ“– Strabo 13.1.48πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 1283-1308πŸ“– Ovid, Amores 3.10βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85
    Mentioned in text
    PausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiBacchylides, DithyrambsCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaStraboLycophron, AlexandraOvid, AmoresOvid, Metamorphoses
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 the Land of the Atlantians mythical territory on the Atlantic coast of Africa
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