Historical place profile
Idaion Antron
A sacred cave on Crete where it was believed Rhea hid Zeus to protect him from Cronus. Archaeological evidence indicates use as a shelter or dwelling as early as the Late Neolithic period, with religious activities taking over in the Bronze Age and continuing through the Roman period.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:589817
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:589817
- Place type
- cave, sanctuary, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.208210, 24.828992
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A sacred cave on Crete where it was believed Rhea hid Zeus to protect him from Cronus. Archaeological evidence indicates use as a shelter or dwelling as early as the Late Neolithic period, with religious activities taking over in the Bronze Age and continuing through the Roman period.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 C2 Idaion Antron
Source and reuse
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Research path
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