Cithaeron

[ si-theer-uhn ]

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noun

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

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.

The messenger himself found him on Cithaeron in his infancy, his feet pierced through.

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