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Mount Ida (Crete)
Cretan Ida
The Cretan Mount Ida, cradle of the Trojan race in Anchises's reading, deliberately echoing the Trojan Ida.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §3.105 Mount Ida
The Cretan Mount Ida, taken as the cradle of the Trojan race, echoing the Trojan Ida.
- The Aeneid §12.412 Cretan Ida
Mt Ida in Crete, source of the healing dittany Venus plucks.