Enraged at this, Rhea repaired to Crete, when she was big with
Zeus, and brought him forth in a cave of Dicte.1 She gave him to
the Curetes and to the nymphs Adrastia and Ida, daughters of
Melisseus, to nurse. This text is part of: Table of Contents: 1
According to Hesiod, Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and the
infant god was hidden in a cave of Mount Aegeum (Hes. Th.
468-480). Diod. 5.70 mentions the legend that Zeus was born at
Dicte in Crete, and that the god afterwards founded a city on
the site. But according to Diodorus, or his authorities, the
child was brought up in a cave on Mount Ida. The ancients were
not agreed as to whether the infant god had been reared on Mount
Ida or Mount Dicte. Apollodorus declares for Dicte, and he is
supported by Verg. G. 4.153, Serv. Verg. A. 3.104, and the
Vatican Mythographers (Scriptores rerum mythicarum Latini, ed.
Bode, i. pp. 34, 79, First Vatican Mythographer 104; Second
Vatican Mythographer 16). On the other hand the claim of Mount
Ida is favoured by Callimachu