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Idaia
Idaia
Idaea
Of Mount Ida |
IDAIA (or Idaea) was a Nymph of Mount Ida in the Troad (Anatolia), wife of the river god Skamandros. She was probably the Naias of the springs at the head of her husband's river.
| PARENTS |
| Perhaps a daughter of OKEANOS & TETHYS |
| OFFSPRING |
| TEUKROS (by Skamandros) (Apollodorus 3.139, Diodorus Siculus 4.75.1) |
"Dardanos left Samothrake and came to the opposite mainland [the Troad]. That country was ruled by a king, Teukros, son of the river Skamandros and of a Nymphe Idaia, and the inhabitants of the country were called Teukrians after Teukros" - Apollodorus, The Library 3.139
"The first to rule as king over the land of Troy was Teukros, the son of the River-god Skamandros and a Nymphe of Mt Ida." - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.75.1
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC
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