Idaea or Idaia (Ancient Greek: Ἰδαία) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, it means "she who comes from Ida" or "she who lives on Ida",[1] and is often associated with Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the Troad.
The name is related with Mount Ida. In the Iliad (2.821 etc.), Ida[7] means wooded hill, and recalls the mountain worship in the Minoan mother goddess religion.[8] Three inscriptions in Linear A, which represents the Minoan language, bear just the name i-da-ma-te (AR Zf 1 and 2, and KY Za 2). The inscriptions may refer to the "mother goddess of Ida" (Ἰδαία μάτηρ).[9][10]