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Mount Ida, known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi, Ita and now Psiloritis ((ギリシア語:Ψηλορείτης), "high mountain"), at a height of 2,456 m (8,057 feet), is the highest mountain on Crete. Located in the Rethymno regional unit, it was sacred to the Greek Titaness Rhea, and on its slopes lies one of the caves, ''Idaion Andron'', in which, according to legend, Zeus was born. Its summit (''Timios Stavros'')〔 has the highest topographic prominence in Greece.〔〔Topo25 Hiking Map of Mt IDHA (2006 edition)〕 ==Features== The Skinakas observatory of the University of Crete is located on the secondary peak Skinakas at 1750 m. It has two telescopes including a 1.3 m Modified Ritchey-Chrétien instrument.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.physics.uoc.gr/en/node/62 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://skinakas.physics.uoc.gr/en/ )〕 Mount Ida is the locus for a race of legendary ancient metal workers (Dactyls), whose roots are also associated with Cyprus.〔Pliny (translated by Mary Beagon). 2005. ''The Elder Pliny on the Human Animal: Natural History, Book 7'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-815065-7, 515 pages〕 The Nida plateau, to the east of the mountain,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Introducing Mt Psiloritis )〕 is used for downhill skiing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.crete.tournet.gr/en/component/content/article/1343 )〕 On the summit of Ida is the little chapel of the Holy Cross, ''Timios Stavros''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://acreteguide.com/Mountains.html#.VdwiNJdUWHg )〕 On the plateau are some shepherd's huts (''mitata'') built only of local stones, and used both for shelter and for cheesemaking.〔Antonis Plymakis, ''Koúmoi-Mitáta kai Boskoi sta Leuká Ori kai Psiloriti'' ("Shepherd's huts and shepherds in the Lefka Ori and the Psiloritis"), Chania, 2008, 630 p.〕〔Harriet Blitzer, Pastoral Life in the Mountains of Crete. An Ethnoarchaelogical Perspective, in ''Expedition'', vol. 32, No 3, 1990, pp. 34-41 (on the shepherd's huts of Eastern Crete.〕〔Sabine Ivanovas, ''Where Zeus Became a Man (with Cretan Shepherds)'', Efsthiadis Group Editions, 2000, 183 p. (Life in the corbelled dry stone huts of central Crete).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Ida (Crete)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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