Cithaeron
Americannoun
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A man arrives from Corinth with the message that Oedipus’s father has died It emerges that this messenger was formerly a shepherd on Mount Cithaeron, and that he was given a baby....
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
She sorely persecuted Antiope, his first wife, who escaped to Mount Cithaeron, where her twin sons Amphion and Zethus were being brought up by a herdsman who was ignorant of their parentage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Exclaiming in ambiguous phrase as to the awful end to which he is destined, Dionysus leads the king out towards Cithaeron.
From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green
Cithaeron advised him to dress up an image in bridal attire and place it in a chariot, announcing that this was Platea, his future wife.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
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