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🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete)

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  • Information
    mountain on Crete associated with the birth of Zeus and Dictynna
    Sometimes conflated with
    🌍 Mount Dicte (W. Crete) mountain near the Sanctuary of Dictynna
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1225372
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589676
    In
    🌍 Crete (island)
    Place of birth of
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Dictaian Cave (Crete)
    Related entities
    👤 Rhea Titan👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Adrasteia nurse of Zeus, associated with the Idaian Dactyls👤 Amaltheia nurse of Zeus, either nymph or goat, and owner of horn of plenty👥 the Couretes (guardians) guard the infant Zeus👤 Cronos Titan, father of Zeus👤 Ida nurse of Zeus🏺 the Milk of Amaltheia used to feed infant Zeus🌍 Mount Ida (Crete) mountain on Crete🌍 Mount Dicte (W. Crete) mountain near the Sanctuary of Dictynna🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese👤 Labros (dog of Actaion) one of Actaion's dogs👤 Argiodus (dog) one of Actaion's dogs👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) wife of Minos, mother of Minotaur🌍 Gortyna (Crete) city in Crete👤 the Bull of Poseidon sent to Minos on Crete👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) abducted by Zeus🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean👤 Io transformed into a cow🌍 Phoinicia region in the Levant🌍 Sarepta (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia👤 Artemis Olympian goddess🌍 River Amnisos (Crete) river near Knossos👤 Amphitrite wife of Poseidon, Oceanid or Nereid according to different traditions👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Poseidon Olympian god👥 the Nereids daughters of Nereus👤 Triton (sea god) minor sea god or gods🌍 Sidon (Phoinicia) city in Phoinicia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.1.6-1.1.7📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus 1-9📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224📖 Diodoros, Library 5.70.1-5.70.6📖 Strabo 10.4.12📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.138-3.252📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1283-1308📖 Vergil, Georgics 2.532-2.542📖 Vergil, Georgics 4.149-4.179📖 Callimachus, Iambi 12 = fr. 202-202a Pfeiffer
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisDiodoros, LibraryStraboOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, EcloguesLycophron, AlexandraVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, Iambi
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Cydonia (Crete) city on Crete
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