Mount Ida - Mount Ida, Anatolia

Mount Ida, Anatolia

Main article: Mount Ida (Turkey) See also: Iliad, Aeneid, Sibylline Books, and Cybele

From the Anatolian Mount Ida, Zeus was said to have abducted Ganymede to Olympus. The topmost peak is Gargarus, mentioned in the Iliad. Zeus was located in the Altar of Zeus (near Adatepe, Ayvacık) during the Trojan War. The modern Turkish name for Mount Ida, Turkey, is Kaz Dağı, pronounced ). In the Aeneid, a shooting star falls onto the mountain in answer to the prayer of Anchises to Jupiter.

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