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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)πŸ›οΈ the Cave of Zeus (Crete) location of Zeus' nourishment on Crete, sometimes called the Idaian or Dictaian Cave.
    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“– Diodoros, Library 5.60.1-5.60.5πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.64.1-5.64.7πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 5.70.1-5.70.6πŸ“– 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
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Dionysios ScytobrachionAratos, PhenomenaEuripides, PalamedesCallinos
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 11 RustenπŸ“– Aratos, Phenomena 19-44πŸ“– Euripides, Palamedes fr. 586 Collard-CroppπŸ“– Callinos test. 4 Gerber
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 the Land of the Atlantians mythical territory on the Atlantic coast of Africa
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