Editing Mount Ida (section)

==Mount Ida, Crete==
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[[File:Idian-Cave-20070814-059834.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mouth of Idaean Cave, Crete]]

[[Crete]]'s '''Mount Ida''' is the island's highest summit, sacred to the Goddess [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], and wherein lies the legendary [[Cave of Zeus|Idaean cave]] ({{lang|grc|Ἰδαίον ἅντρον}})), in which baby [[Zeus]] was concealed from his father [[Cronus]]. It is one of a number of caves believed to have been the birthplace or hiding place of [[Zeus]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology|date=c. 1873|publisher=John Murray|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DZ%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dzeus-bio-1|editor=William Smith}}</ref> The [[Kouretes]], a band of mythical warriors, undertook to dance their wild, noisy war dances in front of the cave, so that the clamour would keep Cronus from hearing the infant's crying. On the flank of this mountain is the [[Amari Valley]], the site of expansion by the ancient settlement at [[Phaistos]].<ref>C.Michael Hogan. 2007. [http://themodernantiquarian.com/site/10857/phaistos.html#fieldnotes  ''Phaistos Fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian]</ref> Its modern name is [[Psiloritis]]. The surrounding area and mountain used to be thickly wooded.