<0xBD> ▁ Ἀ ι δ ω ν ε ύ ς . ▁ ▁I ▁am ▁by ▁birth ▁half ▁mort al , ▁half ▁divine ; ▁An ▁imm ort al ▁n ym ph ▁was ▁my ▁mother , ▁my ▁father ▁an ▁e ater ▁of ▁corn ; ▁On ▁my ▁mother ' s ▁side ▁of ▁I da e an ▁birth , ▁but ▁my ▁father land ▁was ▁red ▁Mar p ess os , ▁sacred ▁to ▁the ▁Mother , ▁and ▁the ▁river ▁A id one us . ▁ ▁The ▁reference ▁to ▁Mar p ess os ▁being ▁" s ac red ▁to ▁the ▁Mother " ▁indicates ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁cult ▁of ▁Cy be le ▁at ▁the ▁settlement , ▁a ▁god dess ▁tradition ally ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁res ided ▁on ▁Mount ▁I da . ▁This ▁passage , ▁with ▁its ▁references ▁to ▁Mount ▁I da , ▁the ▁red ▁soil ▁of ▁Mar p ess os , ▁and ▁the ▁river ▁A id one us , ▁has ▁also ▁allowed ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁locate ▁the ▁ancient ▁remains ▁of ▁Mar p ess os . ▁Two ▁important ▁diver gen ces ▁from ▁the ▁Her ac l ides ▁tradition ▁are , ▁first ly , ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁lived ▁before ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁Wars , ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 6 th ▁century ▁B CE ▁and , ▁second ly , ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁named ▁Her oph ile , ▁which ▁in ▁the ▁Her ac l ides ▁tradition ▁is ▁instead ▁the ▁name ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁C um ae an ▁Sib yl ▁in ▁Italy . ▁Dem et rios ▁also ▁rel ates