MOUNT IDA (mountain in Troad)
Mountain in Turkey
- Kind of place
- Mountain
- Region
- Troad
- People of myth here
- Anchises, Helenus, Oenone, Paris
- Where
- 39.70° N, 26.83° E
Zeus is described as ruling from this mountain. Iliad 24 ¶22 Goddesses came to the mountain to judge a beauty contest. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1276-1312 The mountain is characterized by snow-capped heights. Euripides, Helen 1319-1337
Described in the sources
Mount Ida is near Ilium, which Euripides calls a city of Phrygia. Euripides, Orestes 1366-1392 +2 The mountain is described as having many fountains. Iliad 23 ¶11 +1 The mountain is described as a mother to wild beasts. Iliad 15 ¶12 +1 Zeus rested peacefully on the crest of this mountain. Iliad 14 ¶30 +1 Shepherds on Mount Ida watched the battle from a distance. Quintus 10 ¶23 +1 The father of gods and men sat upon the crest of this mountain. Iliad 11 ¶13 +1 Apollo descended from the heights of Mount Ida to defend the Trojans. Iliad 15 ¶21 +1 The steading where Paris carried Helen away is located on this mountain. Euripides, Helen 1495-1511 +1 Zeus thundered from this mountain during the battle to signal the Trojans. Iliad 8 ¶17 +1 Zeus observed the gathering of the gods and the battlefield from this mountain. Iliad 11 ¶27 +1
Gods and worship
The Scamander, Granicus, and Aesepus rivers flow from Mount Ida. Strabo 13.1.43
Stories and history
Zeus covered the mountain with clouds while wielding his shield. Iliad 17 ¶39 +1 The mountain mourned the destruction of Troy. Quintus 14 ¶4 Priam exposed a baby on the hills of this mountain. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1276-1312 The Granicus and Aesepus rivers fall into the Propontis. Strabo 13.1.43 The image of Ida was considered dear to the exiled Trojans. Aeneid 10.146 Ash trees growing on Mount Ida closely resemble cedar trees. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 16.24 ¶1 Goddesses gathered flowers in the meadows near the mountain. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1276-1312 Ida served as a symbolic emblem on the prow of Aeneas's ship. Aeneid 10.146 The flame from Ida was passed to the Hermaean crag in Lemnos. Aeschylus, Agamemnon 281-319 The infant Paris was reared by a herdsman near this mountain. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1276-1312