Ida

II Pens. 29; P. L. 1. 515. (See also Greet.) A mountain in central Crete, connected with legends of Zeus. Dionysius Periegetes, for example, writes of it: “Honored Crete, nurse of great Zeus, wide, and rich, and stocked with cattle, above which is Ida, Ida luxuriant with oaks of beautiful foliage, and vast in size.” (LI. 500-4.) See also Diodorus 5. 70. 2. Ida. Eleg. 5. 62; P. L. 5.382. A range of mountains encircling the territory of Troy, and hence often mentioned in the Iliad. Milton refers to the worship on this mountain of Cybele, whom Virgil calls “Ida?an mother of the gods.” {Mneid 10. 252.) Hist. Brit. (4) 5. 147. 166