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Some tell the story that this mountain got its name from Ida, the daughter of Melisseus.1 It is the highest mountain in the region of the Hellespont and there is in its midst a remarkable cave in which they say the goddesses were judged by Alexander.2

1 Melisseus, king of Crete, is reported to have been the father of Adrasteia and Ida, to whom the infant Zeus was given to nurse (Book 5.70.2). See Apollod. 1.1.6.

2 The Judgement of Paris.

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