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Idaea (mother of King Teucer)

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Ancient

Apollodorus

3.12.1

Electra, daughter of Atlas, had two sons, Iasion and Dardanus, by Zeus. Now Iasion loved Demeter, and in an attempt to defile the goddess he was killed by a thunderbolt. Grieved at his brother's death, Dardanus left Samothrace and came to the opposite mainland. That country was ruled by a king, Teucer, son of the river Scamander and of a nymph Idaea, and the inhabitants of the country were called Teucrians after Teucer. Being welcomed by the king, and having received a share of the land and the king's daughter Batia, he built a city Dardanus, and when Teucer died he called the whole country Dardania.

Diodorus Siculus

4.75.1

The first to rule as king over the land of Troy [p. 55] was Teucrus, the son of the river-god Scamandrus and a nymph of Mt. Ida;²⁷

²⁷ This nymph was later known by the name Idaea.

Modern

Grimal

s.v. Idaea p. 227

Idaea (Ἰδαια) This is a name which means 'she who comes from Ida' or 'she who lives on Ida'. Several heroines have the name, including:

1. A Nymph who from her union with the river-god Scamander gave birth to Teucer, the king of the Teucrians on the coast of Asia Minor opposite Samothrace (Table 7).

p. 490

Idaea (1) Apollod. Bibl. 3.12.1; Diod. Sic. 4.75; Tzetzes on Lyc. Alex. 29; Serv. on Virgil, Aen. 3.109.

Tripp

s.v. Idaea (2), pp. 315–316

A nymph of Mount Ida, near Troy. Teucer, the indigenous king [p. 316] of the region of Troy, was called a son of Idaea and Scamander, god of a local river. Teucer's daughter, Bateia, and the immigrant Dardanus were forebears of the Trojan royal line. [Apollodorus 3.21.1.]