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Idaea Impexa
Idaea or Idaia (Greek language, Ancient Greek: Ἰδαία) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, it means "she who comes from Ida" or "she who lives on Ida", and is often associated with Mount Ida (Crete), Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida (Turkey), Mount Ida in the Troad. Figures Those named Idaea include: * Idaea (mother of King Teucer), Idaea, a nymph, who was the mother, by the river-god Scamander, of King Teucer. * Idaea (wife of Phineus), Idaea, the daughter of the Scythian king Dardanus (Greek myth), Dardanus, and wife of Phineus, who falsely accused her stepsons, leading to their imprisonment and torture. *Idaea was, according to Diodorus Siculus, the mother of the Kuretes (), the armed dancers who guarded the infant Zeus in a cave on Cretan Mount Ida (Crete), Mount Ida. *Idaea, a nymph who consorted with Zeus and became the mother of Cres (mythology), Cres, possible eponym of Crete. She may be the same with Idaea, daughter of Minos who mothered Asterion by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
