Mount Helicon

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Mount Helicon is a mountain in Boeotia, Greece, famed in Greek mythology as a sacred place of poetic inspiration and the home of the Muses.

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Mount Helicon canonical 16
Mount Helicon (mythological) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mythological location
appearsIn Hellenistic poetry
Roman literature
associatedWithGenre epic poetry
lyric poetry
continent Europe
country Greece
culture Ancient Greek religion
elevation 1749 metres
5738 feet
hasFeature forested slopes
limestone geology
springs
hasGreekName Ἑλικών
hasLatinName Helikon
surface form: Helicon
hasMythologicalAssociationWith Apollo
Greek mythology
Hesiod
the Muses
surface form: Muses

Pegasus
hasSacredSpring Aganippe
Hippocrene
inspired metaphor of ‘Helicon’ for poetic art
isPartOf Greek mythological landscape
knownFor association with the Muses
poetic inspiration
springs sacred to the Muses
locatedIn Boeotia
central Greece
surface form: Central Greece
locatedNearAncientCity Ascra
Thespiae
mentionedIn Pausanias’ Description of Greece
Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Theogony

Hesiod's Works and Days
surface form: Works and Days
mentionedInWorkBy Hesiod
near Gulf of Corinth
Mount Parnassus
partOf Arcadian mountains
surface form: Helicon mountain range
sacredTo Apollo
the Muses
surface form: Muses
symbolizes artistic creativity
lyric art
poetic inspiration
wasSiteOf ancient cult of the Muses
sanctuaries of the Muses

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Muses residence Mount Helicon
Hesiod associatedWithPlace Mount Helicon
central Greece hasMountain Mount Helicon
subject surface form: Central Greece
Nine Muses associatedWith Mount Helicon
Apollo Musagetes associatedWith Mount Helicon
Polyhymnia worshipPlace Mount Helicon
Mousai residence Mount Helicon
Calliope residence Mount Helicon
Erato worshippedAt Mount Helicon
Thalia residence Mount Helicon
Terpsichore residence Mount Helicon
Haliartus hasNearbyFeature Mount Helicon
Clio residence Mount Helicon
Mountains of Greece (mythological) includes Mount Helicon
this entity surface form: Mount Helicon (mythological)
Lebadea near Mount Helicon
Thespiae near Mount Helicon
Ascra locatedNear Mount Helicon