place
Mount Helicon
Helicon
also: Heliconia tempe
Mountain in Boeotia sacred to the Muses; its 'vales' (Heliconia tempe) are the home of poetry.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.1 Helicon's vales
The Boeotian mountain sacred to the Muses, home ground of poetry that Love has no business invading.
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.2 till Helicon
Mount Helicon in Boeotia, the haunt of the Muses; 'those who till Helicon' are the poets, among whom Severus's harvest is the richest.
- The Festivals §4.4 Helicon
The Boeotian mountain of the Muses.