Helicon   - in ancient sources @ attalus.org


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  Helicon   - a mountain in Boeotia, Greece
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AnthPal_7.71   vipers' gall, staining mild Helicon with blood. Lycambe
AnthPal_7.709   have learnt to know the Heliconian Muses who made me grea
AnthPal_9.162   into the mysteries of Helicon, fashioning thin lips for
AnthPal_9.225   ot. The horse cut the veins of Helicon, the river those
AnthPal_9.230   by the ascent of great Helicon, but drank your fill of
AnthPal_9.387   and also a servant of Heliconian Apollo, chosen among
AntipSid_7.14   gifts of the Muses of Helicon ? [7.23] & { G-P 13 } &
AntipThes_9.26   divine-voiced women that Helicon fed with song, Helicon
AntipThes_11.24   On a cup-bearer named Helicon O Boeotian Helicon, once
Archias_9.64   inspiring water of the Heliconian spring, that the hoof
Asclepiad_9.64   inspiring water of the Heliconian spring, that the hoof
Athen_13.597   his hall and went to the Heliconian village of the Ascraea
Athen_14.629   of the Muses on Mount Helicon, says that in Helicon the
DioscEpigr_7.407   verily Pieria or ivied Helicon honour you together with
Ennius:Ann_2   seen by Ennius on Mount Helicon in a dream, was the sourc
Ennius:Ann_13   Parnassus [mistake for Helicon] ; Homer said that his
Lucill_9.572   begin our song from the Heliconian Muses" ; so Hesiod wro
OGIS_310   (c. 200-150)   s land to be sacred to the Heliconian Muses, for
Paean:Delph_1   are assigned to dwell on Helicon where the trees grow tall
Paean:Delph_2   ell on the snow-swept crags of Helicon. Sing in honour of
Philip_4.2   for you flowers of Helicon and the first-born blooms of
Plin:HN_4.8   surnamed the Corsian, near Mount Helicon. The third town of Boeotia
Plin:HN_4.25   birthplace in the grove of Helicon. To this city of Thebes
Plin:HN_36.33   by Arcesilas, the Muses of Helicon by Cleomenes, the Oceanus and
Plin:HN_36.39   were statues of Muses of Helicon by the temple of Prosperity
Polyaen_7.43.1   then they retreated to Helicon, and made a truce with
SelPap_3.114   Leave your peaks, Muses of Helicon, and come, Castalian maids, to
Syll_457   (c. 250)   atrical contest on Helikon, dedicated to the Muses,
ValMax_1.6e.3   thyme, but on the verdant Heliconian hills of the Muses, flourishing


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