Mount Ida 

For other uses, see Mount Ida (disambiguation).
Mount Ida, Crete, overlooking the administrative and religious center of Knossos.

Two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida in Greek mythology, equally named "Mount of the Goddess." Both are associated with the Mother Goddess in the deepest layers of pre-Greek myth:citation needed Mount Ida, Crete, and Mount Ida, Turkey, known as Phrygian Ida in Classical times. Mount Ida in Phrygia is sacred to another aspect of the Great Goddess as Cybele, the Mother Goddess, who is often called Mater Idae ('The Idean Mother").citation needed Mount Ida in Crete is also sacred to Zeus the king and father of all Gods & Goddesses.1

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Etymology

The name Ida is of unknown preGreek origin. The modern Turkish name for Mount Ida, Turkey, is Kaz Dağı (pronounced /kɑz dɑːɯ/).

Mount Ida, Crete

Main article: Mount Ida, Crete

Mount Ida, Crete, is the island's highest summit, sacred to the Goddess Rhea, and in which lies the cave in which Zeus was reared.

Mount Ida, Turkey

Main article: Mount Ida, Turkey

Turkey. From it, Zeus was said to have abducted Ganymede to Olympus. The topmost peak is Gargarus mentioned in the Iliad.

Notes

  1. ^ Hom. Od. xix. 172; Plat. de Leg. i. 1; Diod. v. 70; Strab. x. p. 730; Cic. de Nat. Deor. iii. 21

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