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Mount Helicon

Helicon

also: Heliconis, Aonian mountain, Aonii montis

Mountain in Boeotia sacred to the Muses, where Pegasus' hoof opened the Hippocrene spring. In the Aratea it is the scene of the winged horse's gift of the fountain.

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Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) philosophy · 1 mention

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