Idaean

[ ahy-dee-uhn ]

adjective

of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.

Origin of Idaean

1580–90; <Latin Īdae(us) (<Greek Īdaîos Idaean) + -an

That the Idaean ideal was Athene is implied by the adjective ethnic.
Archaic England | Harold Bayley
They were said to have been instituted by the Idaean Heracles, to commemorate his victory over his four brothers in a foot-race.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 | Various
We are thy fleet, Idaean pines from the holy hill, now nymphs of the sea.
The Aeneid of Virgil | Virgil
Their names and number were as indistinct even to the ancients as those of the Curetes and Idaean Dactyli.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 | Various

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