Ida

Ida, a mountain-range in Asia Minor, extending from Phrygia through Mysia into the Troad. The city of Troy was situated at its base. It is the scene of many ancient Greek legends. The southern part of the range was called Gargarus, the highest peak of which is 5749 feet above the sea. Here there was a temple of Cybele, who therefore was called the Idæan Mother. From Ida flow several famous streams, as the Granicus, Simois, and Scamander.—There is another Ida (8055 feet) in Crete, extending from west to east, now called Psiloriti. Here Zeus was said to have been educated.