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Ἑλικών

Ἑλικών, Helicon

Ἑλῐκών, ῶνος, ὁ (Ἐλ- Corinn. Supp. 1.29),
  • Helicon, a hill in Boeotia, the seat of the Muses, Hes. Op. 639, etc.:—hence
  • Ἑλῐκωνιάδες (sc. παρθένοι), αἱ, dwellers on Helicon, i.e. Muses, Pi. Pae.Fr. 16.14, I. 2.34; Μοῦσαι Hes. Op. 658, Th. 1, CIG 3067.10 (Teos):—also Ἑλῐκωνίδες Νύμφαι S. OT 1108 (lyr.); Μοῦσαι E. HF 791 (lyr.), IG 4.682.13 (Hermione): sg., of a poetʼs reed-pen, AP 9.162.
    • II Ἑλικωνιάς, άδος, ἡ, = ὑάκινθος, Ps.-Dsc. 4.62.

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