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PSILORITIS

Idi redirects here. For the Ugandan dictator, see Idi Amin. For the Eritean city, see Edd.

Mount Ida, known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi and now Psiloritis, is the highest mountain in Crete, sacred to the Goddess Rhea, and in which lies the cave in which Zeus was reared. Mount Ida in Phrygia is sacred to another aspect of the Great Goddess, as Cybele, the Mother Goddess who is often called Mater Idae ('The Idean Mother"). It stands at 2,456 meters (8,057 feet).