Idaea (mother of King Teucer)

For other uses, see Idaea.

In Greek mythology, Idaea or Idaia (Ancient Greek: Ἰδαία means 'she who comes from Ida' or 'she who lives on Ida')[1] was a nymph, presumably of Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey). She was the wife of the river-god Scamander, and a principal ancestor of the royal house of Troy.[2]

According to Diodorus Siculus, and the mythographer Apollodorus, she was the mother, by Scamander, of Teucer, who was the first to rule as a king over the region known later as Troy.[3] In addition to a son, Apollodorus goes on to mention two daughters of Scamander, presumably also by Idaea, Callirrhoe and Strymo. Callirrhoe became the wife of Tros, the eponymous hero of Troy and the Trojans. and Strymo, the wife of Laomedon the king of Troy, and father of Priam the king of Troy during the Trojan War.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Grimal, s.v. Idaea.
  2. ^ Zingg, s.v. Idaea 2; Grimal, s.v. Idaea; Tripp, s.v. Idaea 2; Parada Idaea 1.
  3. ^ Zingg, s.v. Idaea 2; Grimal, s.v. Idaea; Tripp, s.v. Idaea 2; Apollodorus, 3.12.1; Diodorus Siculus, 4.75.1
  4. ^ Parada, s.vv. Callirhoe 3, Idaea 1, Scamander, Strymo; Apollodorus, 3.12.2–3. For Callirhoe as the daughter of Scamander see also Frazer's note 3 to Apollodorus 3.12.2; Hellanicus fr. 138 Fowler [= Scholia (T) on Homer's Iliad 20.231]; Tzetzes, On Lycophron 29 (p. 321).

References

  • Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Diodorus Siculus, Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History. translated by C. H. Oldfather, twelve volumes, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Online version by Bill Thayer.
  • Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0198147404. Google Books.
  • Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. Internet Archive.
  • Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
  • Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). ISBN 069022608X.
  • Tzetzes, John, Scholia eis Lycophrona, edited by Christian Gottfried Müller, Sumtibus F.C.G. Vogelii, 1811. Internet Archive
  • Zingg, Reto, s.v. Idaea 2 in Brill’s New Pauly Online, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and, Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry, published online: 2006.