Mount Ida (Crete)
Mount Ida | |
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Psiloritis (summit Ida) | |
Ultra | |
Coordinates | 35°13′36″N 24°46′21″E / 35.22667°N 24.77250°E[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Crete, Greece |
Mount Ida (
Located in the
An archaeobotanical study was conducted that looks at the different plant bases in Minoan villas during the Neo-palatial time period in Crete. There was a rich range of food plants that were found to contain essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein and sources of vitamins.[7] The study took place on Mount Ida, at the Minoan villa of Zominthos.
Features
The Psiloritis is located on the
The Skinakas Observatory of the University of Crete is located on the secondary peak Skinakas at 1750 m. It has two telescopes including a 1.3 m Modified Ritchey-Chrétien instrument.[9][10]
The
Zominthos is a plateau that is located in the northern foothills of Mount Ida. On the plateau is the highest altitude Minoan villa ever found, the Minoan villa of Zominthos.[7]
The Kamares Cave is an Ancient Greek sanctuary located on Mount Ida. During the excavation of the cave, numerous pieces of pottery, like vases, were found in the cave. Based on the condition and pattern of the vases, it is known that the pieces of pottery were crafted by peasants at the time. Typically, Cretan pottery is known to have a polychrome ornament, and a black base. The Kamares Cave was not fully excavated however until 1913. The findings gave real insight into Ancient Greek life in relation to Mount Ida.[15]
Mythology
Dactyls
Ida is the locus for a race of legendary ancient metal workers, the Dactyls.
Idaean Cave
In ancient times the Idaean cave, "cave of the Goddess" (Dea) was venerated by
Votive seals and ivories have been found in the cave.
The Old Man of Crete
Gallery
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Mouth of the Idaean Cave
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Eastern ridge of the summit of Mount Ida.
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Shepherd's hut (mitato) on Nida Plateau, eastern side of Mt Ida
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Near Anogeia
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Ida, Greece". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Europe Ultra-Prominences". Peakbagger.org. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ Verse 332 of the act B, of the bucolic drama Πανώρια by the 16th century Cretan writer Γεωργίος Χορτάτσης: «Ἐγὼ δὲ θὲ νὰ παντρευτῶ καὶ βρὲ ἄλλη κορασίδα, ἀπ’ ὄμορφες ἀρίφνητες ἁπού ‘ν’ ἐπὰ εις τὴν Ἴδα˙» (The tomonym is mentioned several times in this work.)
- ^ Summit Ida in the center of the map, by Marco Boschini, 17th century Venice. Item (GE C-8841) National Library of France.
- ^ Psiloritis in the center of the map, by Abraham Ortelius, 1598 Antwerp, from Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip.
- ^ Topo25 Hiking Map of Mt IDHA (2006 edition)
- ^ S2CID 221718769.
- ^ 1:35.000 scale map nr.11.14 - Ψηλορείτης (Agathias) (Map). Anavasi.
- ^ "Skinakas Observatory". University of Crete Department of Physics. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Skinakas Observatory". Skinakas Observatory. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Introducing Mt Psiloritis". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Antonis Plymakis, Koúmoi-Mitáta kai Boskoi sta Leuká Ori kai Psiloriti ("Shepherd's huts and shepherds in the Lefka Ori and the Psiloritis"), Chania, 2008, 630 p.
- ^ Harriet Blitzer, Pastoral Life in the Mountains of Crete. An Ethnoarchaelogical Perspective, in Expedition, vol. 32, No 3, 1990, pp. 34-41 (on the shepherd's huts of Eastern Crete.
- ^ Sabine Ivanovas, Where Zeus Became a Man (with Cretan Shepherds), Efsthiadis Group Editions, 2000, 183 p. (Life in the corbelled dry stone huts of central Crete).
- S2CID 129643749.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, V.70.
- ^ William Smith, ed. (c. 1873). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. John Murray.
- ^ J. Lesley Fitton,Ivory in Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period (British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities),1992
- ^ Yulia Ustinova, Caves and the Ancient Greek Mind: descending underground in the search for Ultimate Truth 2009:180.
- ^ Ustinova, noting Capdeville 1990, and, critically, Prent 2005:568.
- ^ The Symbolic Figure of the Course of Human History Described by Virgil. 1824-27
Notes
- ^ Krousonas – Vromonero Idis, ID GR4310009. Natura 2000 Viewer
External links
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