Helicon, Mount Greek The highest mountain in Boeotia, in the southern part of the Greek mainland.
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Helicon, Mount Greek The highest mountain in Boeotia, in the southern part of the Greek mainland. It was celebrated in Greek mythology as the haunt of the nine muses. The poet Hesiod lived on the slopes of Mount Helicon. In later mythology, the spring of Hippocrene, created when the winged horse Pegasus stamped his hoof, flowed just below the summit.
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