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Cithaeron

American  
[si-theer-uhn] / sɪˈθɪər ən /

noun

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


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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

As Pentheus begins to threaten, Dionysus advises him first to hear the messenger even now entering from Cithaeron.

From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green

No Orphic festivals on Mount Cithaeron ever raged more wildly.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

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

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

On the northern slope of Cithaeron, the mountain range which divides Attica from Boeotia, lies the little town of Plataea.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)