Hercules and the Lion of Cithaeron (German fireback, 17th century)
The Lion of Cithaeron[a] was a lion in Greek mythology which harassed the lands of king Amphitryon and king Thespius or of king Megareus. Some myths say that it was killed by Heracles, while others say it was slain by Alcathous of Elis.
According to the Suda, it was also called the Thespian lion and the Ravine lion (Ancient Greek: Χαραδραῖος λέων, Charadraios leōn) because it lived in a place called "Ravine" (Ancient Greek: χαράδρα, charadra).[1]
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west. The main mountain ranges of Boeotia are Mount Parnassus in the west, Mount Helicon in the southwest, Cithaeron in the south and Parnitha in the...
him to shepherds to expose on Mount Cithaeron. The child was found and raised among the keepers of the horses of Polybus. As a grown man, Oedipus did...
B.C., in front of Plataea, the Peloponnese: ... with the logs which they cut at the Cithaeron, they began to build on the two sides of the embankment...
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