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Cithaeron, Greece
Cithaeron, Greece

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Cithaeron, mountain range in Greece, separating Boeotia from Megaris and Attica (Modern Greek: Attikí). Its western end reaches the Gulf of Corinth (Korinthiakós). The range has a maximum elevation of 4,623 feet (1,409 meters). In ancient times, the road from Athens to Thebes crossed the range via the pass of Dryoscephalae (modern Dhríos Kefáli). On the north slope of Mount Cithaeron is Plataea, site of one of the major battles of the Greco-Persian Wars (479 bce). Cithaeron is famous in Greek mythology. There Actaeon was changed into a stag, Pentheus was torn into pieces by the Bacchantes, and the infant Oedipus was left to die. It was the scene of the mystic rites of Dionysus and of the festival of the Daedala in honor of Hera.

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