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CITHAERONIAN LION (mythical lion of Boeotia)

Monster · mythical lion of Boeotia

Cithaeronian Lion, mythical lion of Boeotia, full-length portrait
In the sources
2 ancient passages

The creature emerged from the region of Cithaeron to cause trouble.1 It attacked the cattle belonging to Amphitryon and Thespius.1 Heracles killed the lion during his eighteenth year, while pelops/">Alcathous, son of Pelops, also defeated and slew it.1,2

The creature killed many people, including the king's son Euippus.2 Slaying the lion was the condition for marrying the king's daughter and succeeding him in the kingdom.2 Alcathous attacked and defeated the lion, slaying it.2

The codex facts behind this entry

In the myths

The lion attacked the cattle belonging to Amphitryon and Thespius. Apollodorus 2.4.9 Heracles killed the lion during his eighteenth year. Apollodorus 2.4.9 The creature killed many people, including the king's son Euippus. Pausanias 1.41.3 Alcathous attacked and defeated the lion. Pausanias 1.41.3

Fate

The lion was slain by Alcathous, son of Pelops. Pausanias 1.41.3

Sources

  1. Apollodorus 2.4.9
  2. Pausanias 1.41.3
Written from the Mythos Codex, and every sentence checked against the facts it cites. From the Mythos Codex: 7 facts, each checked against the ancient passage it comes from, here drawn from Pausanias, Apollodorus. Updated 27 October 2026.

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