Back Диктейска пещера Bulgarian Cova de Dicte Catalan Dhiktean Cave CEB Höhle von Psychro German Δικταίο Άντρο Greek Caverna del Dicte Spanish غار زئوس Persian Díktin luola Finnish Grotte de Psychro French Դիկտեյական քարանձավ Armenian
| Psychro Cave | |
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 Floodlit stalagmites and stalactites in the cave’s interior | |
  Location in Greece | |
| Location | Crete, Greece |
| Coordinates | 35°09′46″N 25°26′42″E / 35.1629°N 25.4451°E |
Psychro Cave (Greek: Σπήλαιο Ψυχρού) is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in Lasithi plateau in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave (Greek: Δικταῖον Ἄντρον; Diktaion Antron), one of the putative sites of the birth of Zeus. Other legends place Zeus' birthplace as Idaean Cave (Ἰδαῖον Ἄντρον) on Mount Ida. According to Hesiod, Theogony (477-484), Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Lyctus and hid him in a cave of Mount Aegaeon. Since the late nineteenth century the cave above the modern village of Psychro has been identified with Diktaean Cave, although there are other candidates, especially a cave above Palaikastro on Mount Petsofas.[1]
- ^ MacGillivray, Alexander, and Hugh Sackett. “The Palaikastro Kouros: the Cretan God as a Young Man”, p. 167, British School at Athens Studies, vol. 6, 2000, pp. 165–169. JSTOR. Accessed 22 Feb. 2021