Idaean Cave

E395030
archaeological site cave mythological site

Idaean Cave is a legendary cavern on Crete traditionally revered as the birthplace and hiding place of the infant Zeus in Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Idaean Cave canonical 7
Ideon Cave 4
Psychro Cave 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
cave ⓘ
mythological site ⓘ
associatedWith Corybantes ⓘ
Curetes ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo Zeus ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 1498 ⓘ
excavatedBy Federico Halbherr ⓘ
Italian Archaeological School at Athens ⓘ
excavationBegan 1884 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dikteon Cave ⓘ
surface form: Cave of Zeus on Mount Ida

Idaean Cave ⓘ
surface form: Ideon Cave
hasArchaeologicalFind altar remains ⓘ
bronze votive offerings ⓘ
inscribed plaques ⓘ
jewelry ⓘ
shields ⓘ
terracotta figurines ⓘ
tripods ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 35.214 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 24.808 ⓘ
hasFeature artificial terrace outside entrance ⓘ
large entrance chamber ⓘ
stalactites ⓘ
stalagmites ⓘ
hasPeriodOfUse Archaic period ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
Geometric period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Minoan civilization ⓘ
surface form: Minoan period

Roman period ⓘ
locatedIn Crete ⓘ
Psiloritis mountain range ⓘ
Rethymno regional unit ⓘ
municipality of Anogeia ⓘ
locatedNear Nida Plateau ⓘ
locatedOn Mount Ida ⓘ
mentionedBy Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Hesiod ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
mentionedIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
surface form: Theogony
openToPublic true ⓘ
reveredAs birthplace of Zeus ⓘ
hiding place of infant Zeus ⓘ
significantIn Greek mythology ⓘ
Minoan religion ⓘ
usedAs cult cave ⓘ
place of pilgrimage ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Ida → hasCave → Idaean Cave ⓘ
Mount Ida → hasCave → Idaean Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ideon Cave
Dikti Mountains → contains → Idaean Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Psychro Cave
Mount Ida (Crete) → hasCave → Idaean Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ideon Cave
Mount Ida (Crete) → sacredSite → Idaean Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ideon Cave
Ίδη → hasCave → Idaean Cave ⓘ
Ίδη → worshipPracticedAt → Idaean Cave ⓘ
Ψηλορείτης → contains → Idaean Cave ⓘ
Idaean Cave → hasAlternativeName → Idaean Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ideon Cave
Psiloritis mountain range → contains → Idaean Cave ⓘ
Psiloritis mountain range → mythologicalSite → Idaean Cave ⓘ
Minoan religion → majorSite → Idaean Cave ⓘ