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Idaea

Idaea or Idaia, which means "she who comes from Ida" or "she who lives on Ida", referring to either the Cretan Mount Ida, or the Phrygian Mount Ida in the Troad, is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:Idaea, a nymph, who was the mother, by the river-god Scamander, of King Teucer. Idaea, the daughter of the Scythian king Dardanus, and wife of Phineus, who falsely accused her stepsons, leading to their imprisonment and torture. Idaea one of several epithets of Cybele, the great mother goddess of Anatolia, associated with Phrygian Mount Ida. Idaea, a nymph who was said to be the mother, by the shepherd Theodorus, of Erythraean Sibyl Herophile, and gave birth to her in a grotto at Erythrae. Idaea, the mother of the Kuretes (Κουρῆτες), the armed dancers who guarded the infant Zeus in a cave on Cretan Mount Ida. Idaea, a nymph said to be the mother, by Zeus of Cres who was said to be the eponym of Crete. Idaea, daughter of Minos who was the mother, by Zeus, of Asterion.

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