Kithairon
Sign in to saveCithaeron or Kithairon (Κιθαιρών, -ῶνος) is a mountain and mountain range about sixteen kilometres (ten miles) long in Central Greece. The range is the physical boundary between Boeotia region in the north and Attica region in the south. It is mainly composed of limestone and rises to . The north-east side of the range is formed by the mountain Pastra.
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- Cithaeron
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- Κιθαιρώνας και Αιγόσθενα 0372.jpg
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- View of Cithaeron from Aigosthena
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- 1,409
- Mountain.location
- Attica, GreeceBoeotia, Greece
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- Greece
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- Location of Mount Cithaeron in Greece
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- 1409
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Cithaeron or Kithairon (Κιθαιρών, -ῶνος) is a mountain and mountain range about sixteen kilometres (ten miles) long in Central Greece. The range is the physical boundary between Boeotia region in the north and Attica region in the south. It is mainly composed of limestone and rises to . The north-east side of the range is formed by the mountain Pastra.
The range was the scene of many events in Greek mythology and was especially sacred to Dionysus. In Euripides' Bacchae, Dionysus carries out his dances and rites with his bacchants, his priestesses, on Cithaeron. Oedipus was exposed on the mountain, while Actaeon and Pentheus were both dismembered on its slopes. It was also the place where Heracles or Alcathous hunted and killed the Lion of Cithaeron.
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