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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...
- The Lion of
Cithaeron was a lion in Gr****
mythology which har****ed the
lands of king
Amphitryon and king
Thespius or of king Megareus. Some
myths say...
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Cithaeron praedonius is a
species of true
spider in the
family Cithaeronidae. It is
found in
North Africa, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, India, and Malaysia...
- the p****es of
Mount Cithaeron and
arrived near Plataea. The
archaeologist Andreas Konecny estimates that the
crossing of
Cithaeron took
place sometime...
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first of
these tells the
story of a
singing contest between the
mountains Cithaeron and Helicon. The
surviving portion includes the
ending of one of the mountain's...
- to
Mount Cithaeron,
where they find a
shady hollow,
which serves as a "natural
bridal chamber". When
Macris comes to look for Hera,
Cithaeron, the tutelary...
- "echo", from ἦχος (ēchos), "sound") was an
Oread who
resided on
Mount Cithaeron. Zeus
loved consorting with
beautiful nymphs and
often visited them on...
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Others say that Heracles'
armour was, in fact, the hide of the Lion of
Cithaeron.
According to
Alexander of Myndus,
Heracles was
helped in this labour...
- her away,
where Mt.
Cithaeron "afforded them a
shady recess." When
Macris came to look for her ward, the mountain-god
Cithaeron drove her away, saying...
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Charaxes cithaeron, the blue-spotted
emperor or blue-spotted charaxes, is a
butterfly of the
family Nymphalidae. It is
found in south-east Africa. The...
