The Ida Mountains or Kaz Daği are in northwestern Turkey, southeast of the ruins of Troy. In ancient times, the mountain was dedicated to the worship of Cybele – or Idae Mater. In the Trojan war it may to have been the home of the Luqqa who were their allies. In modern Turkish its name is Kaz Dağı (pronounced "Kaz DA-u"). However, a connection with the goddess' syllable seems to be a coincidence, dağ is the element that translates as "mountain"; all other mountains and mountain ranges in Turkey have a name involving the word "dağ". Kaz Daği spreads spring waters that enriches the natural habitat, to the region and also the Agean Sea. Also it affects the region's climate because of its geographical specifications. So this makes Kaz Daği a kind of a goddess for the rural people. Kaz Daği is also famous for its fresh air. It is believed that The mountain air cures some respiration problems. Mount Ida is also the place Paris, the destroyer of Troy grew upon, and there, he met the nymph he onced loved, Oenone, who refused to save him after he ran away with the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta, wife to lord Menelaus. Rocky landscape with ruins, by Nicolaes Berchem, ca. ... Walls of the excavated city of Troy Troy (Greek: , Troia, also , Ilion; Latin: Ilium, Troia[1]) is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. ... Cybele with her attributes. ... For the 1997 romantic comedy, see Trojan War (film). ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

Coordinates: 39°42′N 26°50′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...