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Zeus, the king of gods and men, was born in a cave in Greece and was raised by a goat, Amalthea. It was also in the nearby islets of Paximadia that the twins Artemis and Apollo were born. When Crete was attacked by a giant lizard, Zeus defended the Greek island and threw a lightning bolt against it, turning the beast to stone and into an island ...
Psychro Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Ψυχρού) is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in Lasithi plateau in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave (Greek: Δικταῖον Ἄντρον; Diktaion Antron), one of the putative sites of the birth of Zeus.
Naxos (/ ˈ n æ k s ɒ s,-s oʊ s /; Greek: Νάξος, pronounced) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of the archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abrasives available.
15 maj 2015 · In Greek Mythology, Zeus was said to have been born on the island of Crete. Hesiod, the Greek epic poet who scholars believed lived during the 8 th century BC, tells us that the birth of Zeus took place near the city of Lyktos in east-central Crete.
Zeus was born on Crete according to Greek mythology. Two caves of Crete contest the honour of being known as the birthplace of Zeus, Dikteon cave in central Crete and Ideon Cave on Mount Ida. Zeus was growing up in a cave in order to be safe from his father Cronus.
21 kwi 2020 · High in the Dicte mountain range along the Lasithi Plateau in Crete is the Psychro Cave, which may have been the place where, according to myth, the great god Zeus was raised.
25 maj 2013 · Zeus was spirited away to Mt. Dikte on the island of Crete where he was raised by the primeval goddess Gaia (Earth), or in some versions by the Nymphs. Amongst these was the Nymph Amaltheia (in some versions of the myth she was a goat) who suckled the young god.
