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 Mt. Helicon Clipart.com Elsewhere on the Web"Helicon - Mt. Helicon"Definition: Helicon is the name of a mountain and a range of mountains in Boeotia in central Greece. It is a continuation of the Parnassus range of mountains. In the beginning of his Theogony, Hesiod refers to the muses of Mt. Helicon, which was considered by the Greeks to be the Muses' home. On Mt. Helicon there was a temple and statue-filled grove. Near it were the fountains of Hippocrene and Aganippe that had been created, according to legend, by the winged horse Pegasus. Pausanias said Mt. Helicon was the most fertile in Greece. Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Elsewhere on the Web |
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