| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ιδαια |
Idaia |
Idaea |
Of Mount Ida |
IDAIA (or Idaea) was a Nymph of Mount Ida in the Troad (north-western Anatolia), wife of the river god Skamandros (Scamander). 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) |
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 139 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Dardanos left Samothrake and came to the opposite mainland [the Troad]. That country was ruled by a king, Teukros (Teucer), son of the river Skamandros (Scamander) and of a Nymphe Idaia, and the inhabitants of the country were called Teukrians after Teukros."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 75. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) :
"The first to rule as king over the land of Troy was Teukros (Teucer), the son of the River-god Skamandros (Scamander) and a Nymphe of Mt Ida."
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC
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