Psychro Cave
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Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the Lasithi plateau in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Around the beginning of 20th century, several scholars identified Psychro with Dikte, a n
Floodlit stalagmites and stalactites in the cave’s interior
The water pool
Mount Ida
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In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia, which was also known as
Psychro Cave
…Amalthea. Others authors that placed the god's birth there include Diodorus Siculus and Agathocles. Apollonius of Rhodes seemingly conflated Dikte with Ida – another place where Zeus was purportedly raised – locating Zeus's upbringing at both. The location given by Hesiod in his Theogony (8th or 7th century…
Mouth of Idaean Cave, Crete