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Its highest peak is to the SSW of the modern Platees, to the SSE of the Agia Triada Monastery. Both these places are on the slopes of the Mt. Kitheron.
A lofty range of mountains, separating Boeotia from Megaris and Attica. It was sacred to Dionysus and the Muses, and was celebrated for the death of Pentheus (q.v.) and Actaeon (q.v.). Here was celebrated the festival called Daedala (q.v.).
Cithaeron (Kithairon), a range of mountains, separating Boeotia from
Megaris and Attica, of which a description is given elsewhere. It is said to have
derived its name from Cithaeron, a mythical king of Plataeae, who assisted Zeus
with his advice when Hera was angry with him. Hence the summit was sacred to the
Cithaeronian Zeus, and here was celebrated the festival called Daedala. (Paus.
ix. 2. § 4, 3. § 1, seq.; Diet. of Ant. art. Daedala.) Cithaeron was also sacred
to Dionysus, and was the scene of several celebrated legends, such as the metamorphosis
of Actaeon, the death of Pentheus, and the exposure of Oedipus. The forest, which
covered Cithaeron, abounded in game; and at a very early period, lions and wolves
are said to have been found there. The Cithaeronian lion, slain by Alcathous,
was celebrated in mythology. (Paus. i. 41. § 3.)
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