Ida

Īda, ae, f.: 1. Mount Ida in Crete, where Jupiter was reared, 12.412. 2. A mountain in the Troad, where Ganymede was caught up by the eagle of Jupiter, 2.801. 3. A Nymph, 9.177.

Īda, ae, or Īdē, ēs, f., = Ἴδα or Ἴδη.

• A high mountain in Crete, where the infant Jupiter was hid, watched over by the Curetes, and fed by Amalthea; now Psiloriti, Verg. A. 12, 412; Ov. M. 4, 293; id. Am. 3, 10, 25; id. F. 4, 207; 5, 115 al.; in Prop. 3, 1, 27, this mountain and no. II. are confounded.—
• • B Deriv.: Īdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ida, Idean: mons, i. e. Ida, Verg. A. 3, 105; Mel. 2, 7, 12: antra, Ov. M. 4, 289: Juppiter, Verg. A. 7, 139: Dactyli, Plin. 37, 10, 61, § 170; the same, Digiti, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: bustum, raised by the Cretans to Jupiter, Mart. 9, 35, 1.—
• II A high mountain in Phrygia, near Troy, still called Ida, Mel. 1, 18, 2; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122; Verg. A. 2, 801; 10, 158; Ov. F. 4, 79; id. M. 10, 71; and 12, 521 (Ide) et saep.—
• • B Deriv. Īdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mount lda, Idean; poet. also for Phrygian or Trojan: silva, Verg. A. 2, 696: pices, id. G. 3, 450: vertices, Prop. 2, 2, 14; Ov. M. 14, 535: parens deum, i. e. Cybele, who was worshipped on Mount Ida (acc. to others this belongs to Mount Ida of Crete), Verg. A. 10, 252; Ov. F. 4, 182: Sollemne, i. e. in honor of Cybele, Juv. 11, 194: chori, Verg. A. 9, 112: judex, i. e Paris, Ov. F. 6, 44: pastor, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 4: hospes, Ov. H. 16, 303: hospes numinis Idaei, i. e. Scipio Nasica, Juv. 3, 138: cinaedus, Ganymede as stolen away from Ida, Mart. 10, 98, 2: urbes, Phrygian, Verg. A. 7, 207: naves, i. e. Trojan, Hor. C. 1, 15, 2: sanguis, i. e. of Romans descended from the Trojans, Sil. 1, 126. —Confounded with Idaeus, I. B.: Idaeum Simoënta Jovis cum prole Scamandro, Prop 3 (4), 1, 27.—
• III A Trojan female, Verg. A. 9, 177.

Īda, ae, f. u. (poet.) Īdē, ēs, f. (Ἴδη, dor. Ἴδα), I) als weibl. Name, Verg. Aen. 9, 177. Mart. 1, 71, 2. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 2367: Titel einer Komödie des Afranius, Fest. 206 (b), 8; vgl. Afran. com. 188 R.² – II) als Örtl.: A) ein hohes Gebirge, das in Phrygien beginnt u. durch Mysien (also auch durch die Landschaft Troas) sich erstreckt, dessen höchster Gipfel der Berg Gargaros war, berühmt als Verehrungsstätte der Cybele, j. Ida, Mela 1, 18, 2 (1. § 91). Plin. 5, 122 u.a. Varro sat. Men. 364. Verg. Aen. 2, 801. Ov. am. 1, 15, 9. – B) ein hoher Berg in der Mitte der Insel Kreta, auf dem Jupiter erzogen wurde, Ov. am. 3, 10, 25: Idaeus mons bei Mela 2, 7, 12 (2. § 113). – Dav. Īdaeus, a, um (Ἰδαῖος), zum Ida gehörig, idäisch, a) in Phrygien u. Troas, parens deūm, Verg., od. mater, Cic., Cybele: mons, Mela, od. collis od. iugum, Ov., der Berg Ida: naves, trojanische, Hor.: pastor, Cic., od. iudex, od. hospes, Ov., Paris: cinaedus, Ganymedes, Mart.: ders. bl. Idaeus, Petron. 83, 3: convivia, Auct. itin. Alex. 8, 19. – poet. = römisch (weil die Römer von den Trojanern abstammen), Sil. – b) auf Kreta, mons, der Berg Ida, Verg. u. Mela: Dactyli od. Digiti, s. dactylusno. VII: bustum, das Grab Jupiters, Mart. – ➳ Prop. 3, 1, 27 wird der phrygische Berg Ida mit dem kretischen verwechselt.

Īda, (11) æ, f. (Ἴδα) et Īdē, ēs, f. (Ἴδη), ¶ 1 Ida [mont de Phrygie célèbre à plusieurs titres : enlèvement de Ganymède, jugement de Pâris et surtout culte de Cybèle] : Virg. En. 2, 801 ; Ov. M. 10, 71 ; etc. || mont de Crète, où était né Jupiter : Virg. En. 12, 412 ; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 25 ¶ 2 Ida venatrix Virg. En. 9, 177, nymphe chasseresse (selon dʼautres, lʼIda phrygien, région de grandes chasses).

IDA

IDA, IDAEUS MONS(ἡ Ἴδη, Ida), a range of mountains of Phrygia, belonging to the system of Mount Taurus. It traverses western Mysia in many branches, whence it was compared by the ancients to the scolopendra or milliped (Strab. 13. p. 583), its main branch extending from the south-east to the north-west; it is of considerable height, the highest point, called Gargarus or Gargaron, rising about 4650 feet above the level of the sea. The greater part is covered with wood, and contains the sources of innumerable streams and many rivers, whence Homer (Hom. Il. 8.47) calls the mountain πολυπίδαξ.In the Homeric poems it is also described as rich in wild beasts. (Comp. Strab. xiii. pp. 602, 604; Horn. Il. 2.824, 6.283, 8.170, 11.153, 196; Athen. 15.8; Hor. Od. 3.20. 15; Ptol. 5.2.13; Plin. Nat. 5.32.) The highlands about Zeleia formed the northern extremity of Mount Ida, while Lectum formed its extreme point in the south-west. Two other subordinate ranges, parting from the principal summit, the one at Cape Rhoeteum, the other at Sigeum, may be said to enclose the territory of Troy in a crescent; while another central ridge between the two, separating the valley of the Scamander from that of the Simois, gave to the whole the form of the Greek letter ε. (Demetr. ap. Strab. 13. p. 597.) The principal rivers of which the sources are in Mount Ida, are the Simois, Scamander, Granicus, Aesepus, Rhodius, Caresus, and others. (Hom Il. 12.20, foil.) The highest peak, Gargarus, affords an extensive view over the Hellespont, Propontis, and the whole surrounding country. Besides Gargarus, three other high peaks of Ida are mentioned: viz. Cotylus, about 3500 feet high, and about 150 stadia above Scepsis; Pytna; and Dicte. (Strab. 13. p. 472.) Timosthenes ( ap. Steph. B. s. v. Ἀλεξάνδρεια) and Strabo (13. p. 606) mention a mountain belonging to the range of Ida, near Antandrus, which bore the name of Alexandria, where Paris (Alexander) was believed to have pronounced his judgment as to the beauty of the three goddesses. (Comp. Clarke's Travels, 2. p. 134; Hunt's Journal in Walpole's Turkey, 1. p. 120; Cramer's Asia Minor, 1.120.)

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IDA

IDA(Ἴδη, Ptol. 3.17.9; Pomp. Mela, 2.7.12; Plin. Nat. 4.12, 16.33; Verg. A. 3.105; Solin. ii.; Avien. 676; Prisc. 528), the central and loftiest point of the mountain range which traverses the island of Crete throughout the whole length from W. to E. In the middle of the island, where it is broadest (Strab. x. pp. 472, 475, 478), Mt. Ida lifts its head covered with snow. (Theophrast. H. P. 4.1.) The lofty summits terminate in three peaks, and, like the main chain of which it is the nucleus, the offshoots to the N. slope gradually towards the sea, enclosing fertile plains and valleys, and form by their projections the numerous bays and gulfs with which the coast is indented. Mt. Ida, now called Psiloriti, sinks down rapidly towards the SE. into the extensive plain watered by the Lethaeus. This side of the mountain, which looks down upon the plain of Mesara, is covered with cypresses (comp. Theophrast. de Vent. p. 405; Dion. Perieg. 503; Eustath. ad . loc.), pines, and junipers. Mt. Ida was the locality assigned for the legends connected with the history of Zeus, and there was a cavern in its slopes sacred to that deity. (Diod. Sic. 5.70.)

The Cretan Ida, like its Trojan namesake, was connected with the working of iron, and the Idaean Dactyls, the legendary discoverers of metallurgy, are assigned sometimes to the one and sometimes to the other. Wood was essential to the operations of smelting and forging; and the word Ida, an appellative for any wood-covered mountain, was used perhaps, like the German berg,at once for a mountain and a mining work. (Kenrick, Aegypt of Herodotus, p. 278; Höck, Kreta, vol. 1. p. 4.)

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Ida

(Ἴδη, Dor. Ἴδα). (1) Now Ida or Kas-Dagh; a mountain range of Mysia, in Asia Minor, which formed the southern boundary of the Troad; extending from Lectum Promontorium in the southwestern corner of the Troad, eastwards along the northern side of the Gulf of Adramyttium, and further east into the centre of Mysia. Its highest summits were Cotylus on the north and Gargara on the south; the latter is about 5700 feet high, and is often capped with snow. Lower down, the slopes of the mountain are well wooded; and lower still, they form fertile fields and valleys. The sources of the Scamander, the Simoïs, and the Granicus, besides other rivers and numerous brooks, are on Ida. The mountain is celebrated in mythology, as the scene of the rape of Ganymedes, whom Ovid (Fasti, ii. 145) calls Idaeus puer, and of the judgment of Paris, who is called Idaeus iudex by Ovid (Fasti, vi. 44), and Idaeus pastor by Cicero (Ad Att. i. 18). In Homer, too, its summit is the place from which the gods watch the battles in the plain of Troy. Ida was also an ancient seat of the worship of Cybelé, who obtained from it the name of Idaea Mater.

(2) Now Psilorati; a mountain in the centre of Crete, belonging to the mountain range which runs through the whole length of the island. Mount Ida is 8055 feet above the level of the sea. It was closely connected with the worship of Zeus, who is fabled to have been reared in a cave in this mountain. See Curetes; Zeus.

Ida Ida, a mountain in the Troad

• Hdt. 1.151, Paus. 3.13.5, Paus. 6.4.9, Paus. 7.3.8, Paus. 10.12.4
• Xerxes' route past it: Hdt. 7.42
• Mount, Paris at birth exposed on: Apollod. 3.12.5
• Oenone on: Apollod. 3.12.5
• the three goddesses judged by Paris on: Apollod. E.3.2
• the kine of Aeneas on: Apollod. E.3.32
• Helenus takes up his abode on: Apollod. E.5.8
• the timber for the Wooden Horse felled on: Apollod. E.5.13
• nymphs of: Paus. 10.12.3

Ida(2), a nymph

• daughter of Melisseus, nurse of Zeus: Apollod. 1.1.4, Paus. 8.47.3

Ida(3), in Crete

• Paus. 5.7.6