place
Mount Cithaeron
Cithaeron
The mountain near Thebes where the infant Oedipus was exposed; named from the cry “Alas, Cithaeron!” in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus.
Reading notes
- Meditations §11.6.1 Cithaeron
The mountain near Thebes where Oedipus was exposed as an infant; the cry “Alas, Cithaeron!” is from Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus.