Cithaeron

[ si-theer-uhn ]

noun
  1. a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4,623 feet (1,409 meters).

  • Greek Ki·thai·rón [kee-the-rawn]. /ki θɛˈrɔn/.

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How to use Cithaeron in a sentence

  • Mount Cithaeron, near Thebes, was famous for the revels which took place there in honour of Bacchus.

  • Cithaeron and Taygetus were mountains, the one in Boeotia and the other in Laconia.

  • In this emergency he consulted Cithaeron, king of Platea, who was famed for his great wisdom and subtlety.

  • Thus crossing Cithaeron he reached Thespiae, and from that base made the territory of Thebes his objective.

    Hellenica | Xenophon
  • The messenger himself found him on Cithaeron in his infancy, his feet pierced through.

    Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb