Mount Cithaeron

Mount Cithaeron, also spelled Kithairon, is a mountain range in central Greece, forming the natural boundary between the regions of Boeotia and Attica.

Mount Cithaeron is famously associated with the myth of Oedipus, one of the most tragic figures in Greek mythology.

According to the myth, King Laius of Thebes, having been warned by an oracle that his son would kill him and marry his wife, ordered that the newborn Oedipus be abandoned on Mount Cithaeron to die.

Mount Cithaeron is also closely associated with the worship of Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and ecstasy.

Another significant myth involving Mount Cithaeron is the story of King Pentheus of Thebes, who opposed the worship of Dionysus.

Mount Cithaeron is historically significant due to its proximity to the site of the Battle of Plataea, fought in 479 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars.

In addition to its mythological associations, Mount Cithaeron was a site of religious worship in antiquity.

One of the most famous literary works associated with Mount Cithaeron is Euripides' tragedy "The Bacchae." The play dramatizes the conflict between King Pentheus and Dionysus, culminating in the king’s gruesome death on the mountain.