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See also: mountain to the See also: south of See also: Thessaly, in See also: Greece, forming a boundary between the valleys of the Spercheius and the Boeotian Cephissus
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It is an offshoot of the See also: Pindus range, 7o8o ft. high
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In its eastern portion, called Callidromus, it comes close to the See also: sea, leaving only a narrow passage known as the famous pass of Thermopylae (q.v.)
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There was also a high pass to the west of Callidromus leading over into the upper Cephissus valley
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In See also: mythology See also: Oeta is chiefly celebrated as the scene of the funeral pyre on which Heracles burnt himself before his See also: admission to See also: Olympus
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