Idas (dactyls)

Idas ( ancient Greek Ἴδας ) is one of the Idaean dactyls in Greek mythology .

According to Pausanias , Rhea entrusts the newborn Zeus with the dactyls from the Cretan Ida Mountains so that they can protect him from his father Kronos . He identified the dactyls with the curetes . The Idaean dactyls had altars in Olympia , whereby the altar of Idas was also called the altar of Akesidas .

literature

Paul Weizsäcker : Idas 3 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 103 ( digitized version ).
Erich Bethe : Idas 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX, 1, Stuttgart 1914, Col. 876.

proof

^ Pausanias 5: 7, 6.
^ Pausanias 5:14 , 7.

[1] Pausanias 5: 7, 6.

[2] Pausanias 5:14 , 7.