The Ida Mountains or Kaz Daği, are in northwestern Turkey. It is southeast of the site of ancient Troy. In ancient times, the mountain was dedicated to the worship of Cybele, or Idae Mater. In the Trojan war may have been the home of the Luqqa who were there allies. Walls of the excavated city of Troy Troy ( Ancient Greek ΤÏοία Troia or ΤÏοάς Troas also Ίλιον; Latin: Troia, Ilium) is a legendary city, scene of the Trojan War, described in the Trojan War cycle, especially in the Iliad, one of the two Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. ... A fountain depicting Cybele in a chariot drawn by lions, in the Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid . Originally a Phrygian goddess, insofar as the Hellenes were concerned, Cybele (Greek ΚυβÎλη) was a manifestation of the Earth Mother who was worshipped in Anatolia from Neolithic times. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ...
MountIda, Crete, is the island's highest summit, sacred to the Goddess Rhea, and in which lies the cave in which Zeus was reared.
MountIda, Turkey (was known as Phrygian Ida) is the scene of several mythic events that affected the early history of Troy.
At an earlier time, on MountIda, Ganymede, the son of Tros or perhaps of Laomedon, both kings of Troy, was desired by Zeus, who descended in the form of an eagle and swept up Ganymede, to be cupbearer to the Olympian gods.
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