Oeta

Oeta, ae, or Oetē, ēs, f., = Οἴτη,

• the mountain range between Thessaly and Aetolia, where Hercules ascended the funeral pile, now Katavothron, Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28; Liv. 36, 15; Luc. 8, 800; Sen. Herc. Oet. 862; Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Ov. M. 9, 165; 204; 230; id. H. 9, 147; Verg. Cul. 201.—Prov.: tibi deserit Hesperus Oeten, your wish is gratified, Verg. E. 8, 30.—Hence,
• II Oe-taeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Oeta: in monte Oetaeo, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 41: juga, Prop. 1, 13, 24: deus, i. e. Hercules, id. 4, 1, 32: robur, Luc. 7, 807; also absol. Oetaeus, Ov. Ib. 349.

Oeta, ae, f. u. Oetē, ēs, f. (Οἴτη), eine Gebirgskette in Thessalien, die sich von Thermopylä bis an den Pindus u. von da südwestlich bis zum ambrazischen Meerbusen erstreckt, woselbst sich Herkules verbrannte, j. Kumayta, Form -a, Cic. Tusc. 2, 19. Ps. Verg. cul. 202: Form -e, Ov. met. 9, 165 u.a. Lucan. 8, 800 u.a.: Form Oete als masc., Ov. met. 9, 165 u. 204. Claud. Gigant. 66. – Sprichw., tibi deserit Hesperus Oetam, Verg. ecl. 8, 30. – Dav. Oetaeus (Oetēus), a, um (Οἰταῖος), ötëisch, mons, Cic.: montes, Liv.: deus, Prop., u. bl. Oetaeus, Ov., v. Herkules: Thermopylae, Catull.

Œta, æ, f. , Cic. Tusc. 2, 19 ; -tē, ēs, f. , Ov. M. 9, 165 ; Luc. 8, 800, le mont Œta [entre la Thessalie et la Doride, sur lequel Hercule se brûla, auj. Kumayta] || -tæus, a, um, de lʼŒta : Œtæus deus et Œtæus seul Prop. 4, 1, 32 ; Ov. Ib. 349, Hercule.

OETA

OETA(Οἴτη: Eth. Οἰταῖος), a mountain in the south of Thessaly, which branches off from Mt. Pindus,: runs in a south-easterly direction, and forms the northern barrier of Central Greece. The only entrance into Central Greece from the north is through the narrow opening left between Mt. Oeta and the sea, celebrated as the pass of Thermopylae. [THERMOPYLAE]. Mt. Oeta is now called Katavóthra, and its highest summit is 7071 feet. ( Journal of Geogr. Soc. vol. 7. p. 94.) The mountain immediately above Thermopylae is called Callidromon both by Strabo and Livy. (Strab. 9. p. 428; Liv. 36.15.) The latter writer says that Callidromon is the highest summit of Mt. Oeta; and Strabo agrees with him in describing the summit nearest to Thermopylae as the highest part of the range; but in this opinion they were both mistaken, Mt. Patriótiko, which lies more to the west, being considerably higher. Strabo describes the proper Oeta as 200 stadia in length. It is celebrated in mythology as the scene of the death of Hercules, whence the Roman poets give to this hero the epithet of Oetaeus. From this mountain the southern district of Thessaly was called Oetaea (Οἰταῖα, Strab. ix. pp. 430, 432, 434), and its inhabitants Oetaei (Οἰταῖοι, Hdt. 7.217; Thuc. 3.92; Strab. 9. p. 416). There was also a city, Oeta, said to have been founded by Amphissus, son of Apollo and Dryope (Anton. Liberal. 100.32), which Stephanus B. (s. v.) describes as a city of the Malians. Leake places it at the foot of Mt. Patriótiko, and conjectures that it was the same as the sacred city mentioned by Callimachus. ( Hymn. in Del. 287.) [See Vol. 2. p. 255.] (Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 2. p. 4, seq.)

Oeta

or Oeté (Οἴτη). Now Katavothra; a rugged pile of mountains in the south of Thessaly, an eastern branch of Mount Pindus, extending along the southern bank of the Sperchius to the Maliac Gulf at Thermopylae, thus forming the northern barrier of Greece proper. Respecting the pass of Mount Oeta, see Thermopylae. Oeta was celebrated in mythology as the mountain on which Heracles burned himself to death. From this range, the southern part of Thessaly was called Oetaea (Οἰταῖα).

Oeta Oeta, the mountain range S. of Thermopylae

• Hdt. 7.176, Hdt. 7.217
• Mount, Herakles burnt on: Apollod. 2.7.7, Apollod. 2.7.7
• Dorians come from: Paus. 5.1.2
• Heraclea at foot of: Paus. 2.23.5, Paus. 7.14.1, Paus. 10.22.1
• over against Lamia: Paus. 1.1.3
• salt marsh at foot of: Paus. 7.15.4
• two paths over: Paus. 3.4.8, Paus. 10.20.1, Paus. 10.22.1, 8
• Medes pass over: Paus. 3.4.8, Paus. 10.22.8
• Gauls pass over: Paus. 10.22.8-11
• village on: Paus. 10.24.1