Idaean

[ ahy-dee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Idaean¹

1580–90; < Latin Īdae ( us ) (< Greek Īdaîos Idaean) + -an

Example Sentences

Quite distinct was the Idaean Hercules, a Cretan Dactyl connected with the cult of Rhea or Cybele.

From Project Gutenberg

Foremost in the collection is the reclining Idaean Hercules.

From Time Magazine Archive

Numerous large caves exist in the mountains; among the most remarkable are the famous Idaean cave in Psiloriti, the caves of Melidoni, in Mylopotamo, and Sarchu, in Malevisi, which sheltered hundreds of refugees after the insurrection of 1866, and the Dictaean cave in Lassithi, the birth-place of Zeus.

From Project Gutenberg

Their names and number were as indistinct even to the ancients as those of the Curetes and Idaean Dactyli.

From Project Gutenberg

They were said to have been instituted by the Idaean Heracles, to commemorate his victory over his four brothers in a foot-race.

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