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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📖 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 ArtemisStraboOvid, MetamorphosesVergil, EcloguesLycophron, AlexandraVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, Iambi
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