Idaea, the daughter of the Scythian king
Dardanus, and wife of
Phineus, who falsely accused her stepsons, leading to their imprisonment and torture.[3]
Idaea, a nymph who consorted with Zeus and became the mother of
Cres, possible eponym of
Crete.[5] She may be the same with Idaea, daughter of
Minos who mothered
Asterion by Zeus also.[6]
Etymology
The name is related with
Mount Ida. In the Iliad (2.821 etc.), Ida[7] means wooded hill, and recalls the
mountain worship in the
Minoan mother goddess religion.[8] Three inscriptions in
Linear A, which represents the
Minoan language, bear just the name i-da-ma-te (
AR Zf 1 and 2, and
KY Za 2). The inscriptions may refer to the "mother goddess of Ida" (Ἰδαία μάτηρ).[9][10]
Clementine Recognitions, translated by Thomas Smith, in Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Editied by Alexander Roberts, and James Donaldson, Vol III. Tatian, Theophilus, and The Clementine Recognitions. T. and T, Clark, Edinburgh 1867.
Online version at Wikisource
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996,
ISBN9780631201021.
Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970).
ISBN069022608X.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Idaea, the daughter of the Scythian king
Dardanus, and wife of
Phineus, who falsely accused her stepsons, leading to their imprisonment and torture.[3]
Idaea, a nymph who consorted with Zeus and became the mother of
Cres, possible eponym of
Crete.[5] She may be the same with Idaea, daughter of
Minos who mothered
Asterion by Zeus also.[6]
Etymology
The name is related with
Mount Ida. In the Iliad (2.821 etc.), Ida[7] means wooded hill, and recalls the
mountain worship in the
Minoan mother goddess religion.[8] Three inscriptions in
Linear A, which represents the
Minoan language, bear just the name i-da-ma-te (
AR Zf 1 and 2, and
KY Za 2). The inscriptions may refer to the "mother goddess of Ida" (Ἰδαία μάτηρ).[9][10]
Clementine Recognitions, translated by Thomas Smith, in Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Editied by Alexander Roberts, and James Donaldson, Vol III. Tatian, Theophilus, and The Clementine Recognitions. T. and T, Clark, Edinburgh 1867.
Online version at Wikisource
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996,
ISBN9780631201021.
Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970).
ISBN069022608X.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.