Κιθαιρών

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Κιθαιρών is the ancient Greek name for Mount Cithaeron, a mountain range in central Greece famous in mythology and classical literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain in Greek mythology
mountain range
ancientNameOf Mount Cithaeron NERFINISHED
associatedDeity Dionysus NERFINISHED
Hera NERFINISHED
associatedWithMyth Heracles and the lion of Cithaeron NERFINISHED
climate Mediterranean mountain climate
country Greece
coveredBy forests and shrubland
famousFor appearances in classical Greek tragedy
role in Greek mythology
hasCulturalSignificance symbolic frontier between Theban and Athenian spheres in literature
hasNameInEnglish Cithaeron NERFINISHED
hasNameInLatin Cithaeron NERFINISHED
hasNameInModernGreek Κιθαιρώνας
hasPass Cithaeron passes connecting Attica and Boeotia
hasSanctuary sanctuaries of local and Olympian gods in antiquity
hasType limestone mountain
highestPointElevation approximately 1409 metres
locatedEastOf Mount Helicon NERFINISHED
locatedIn Attica
Boeotia NERFINISHED
central Greece
surface form: Central Greece
locatedWestOf Mount Parnitha NERFINISHED
mentionedIn works of Aeschylus NERFINISHED
works of Euripides
works of Sophocles NERFINISHED
mythologicalEvent Bacchic rites of Dionysus NERFINISHED
death of Pentheus
exposure of Oedipus as an infant
nearAncientCity Eleutherae NERFINISHED
Plataea NERFINISHED
Thebes NERFINISHED
nearModernSettlement Erythres NERFINISHED
Plataies NERFINISHED
Vilia NERFINISHED
partOf Greek mainland NERFINISHED
Parnitha–Cithaeron mountain system NERFINISHED
separates Attica NERFINISHED
Boeotia NERFINISHED
usedAsBoundary border between Attica and Boeotia in antiquity

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Kithairon ancientName Κιθαιρών