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Helicon (mountain)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Aug 18, 2023 04:23 PM — History
In Greek mythology, Helicon was the site of two springs sacred to the Muses, the Aganippe and the Hippocrene. The mountain is located near the Gulf of Corinth and rises to an elevation of 1,749 meters (5,738 ft).

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540808

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    • Helicon (Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
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mountain

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 D4 Helicon M.

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J. Fossey, J. Morin, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Helicon (mountain): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540808> [accessed: 21 November 2024] 

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