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Mons Oeta

Mount Oeta

also: Oetaeus, mons Oeta, Mount Oeta

The mountain in Trachis where Hercules built his own pyre and was taken up to the gods. Cotta quotes Accius's line about the torches on Oeta in questioning how a cremated man could pass into heaven.

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On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 1 mention

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