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Mount Helicon (Ancient Greek: Ἑλικών; Greek: Ελικώνας) is a mountain in the region of Thespiai in Boeotia, Greece, [1] celebrated in Greek mythology. With an altitude of 1,749 metres (5,738 ft), it is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth .
Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene, the fountain on Mount Helicon. He was captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon , near the fountain Peirene , with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allowed Bellerophon to ride him in order to defeat the monster Chimera , which led to many more exploits.
In Greek mythology, Hippocrene / h ɪ p ə ˈ k r iː n iː / (Ancient Greek: Ἵππου κρήνη [1] or Ἱπποκρήνη or Ἱππουκρήνη [2]) is a spring on Mount Helicon. [3] It was sacred to the Muses and was said to have formed when the winged horse Pegasus struck his hoof into the ground, whence its name which literally ...
The "Contest of Cithaeron and Helicon" (PMG 654) is a fragment of a poem by Corinna. Preserved on a second-century AD papyrus discovered at Hermopolis in Egypt, the poem tells the story of a singing competition between two mountains, Cithaeron and Helicon, which was apparently won by Mount Cithaeron. Twenty-three lines of the poem are ...
Mythology [ edit ] Once Menippe and Metioche's homeland Aonia at the base of Mt. Helicon was struck by a plague, and the oracle of Apollo Gortynius, when consulted, informed the people that the two gods of the Underworld [ a ] were angry and that they would only be appeased with the sacrifice of two maidens, who were to offer themselves to ...
In Works and Days, Hesiod (without mentioning Homer) claims he won a poetry contest, receiving as the prize a tripod, which he dedicated to the Muses of Mount Helicon. A tripod, believed to be Hesiod's dedication-offering, was still being shown to tourists visiting Mount Helicon and its sacred grove of the Muses in Pausanias ' day, but has ...
In Greek mythology, Krotos or Crotus (Ancient Greek: Κρότος) was the son of Pan and Eupheme. He dwelt on Mount Helicon and kept company of the Muses , whom his mother had nursed. Mythology
In Greek mythology, Aganippe (/ æ ɡ ə ˈ n ɪ p i /; Ancient Greek: Ἀγανίππη means 'mare who kills mercifully' [1]) was the name of both a spring and the Naiad (a Crinaea) associated with it. [2] The spring is in Boeotia, near Thespiae, at the base of Mount Helicon, [3] and was associated with the Muses who were sometimes called ...