1. ἑλίκ-ων · helik-ōn — LSJ
thread spun from the distaff to the spindle
thread spun from the distaff to the spindle, Hsch.
II nine-stringed instrument
a nine-stringed instrument, Aristid.Quint. 3.3, Ptol. Harm. 2.2.
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Ἑλικών
elikon · ὁ
thread spun from the distaff to the spindle
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2. Ἑλῐκών · Helikōn — LSJ
Helicon
Helicon, a hill in Boeotia, the seat of the Muses, Hes. Op. 639, etc.:—hence
dwellers on Helicon, Muses, reed-pen
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.
In the wild
- Ἑλικῶνʼ · Helikōnʼ Euripides, Heracles 240–241
- Ἑλικωνίῳ · Helikōniōi Herodotus, Histories 1.148.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1064)
- Ἑλικῶνος · Helikōnos Theogony 1–4
- Ἑλικῶνος · Helikōnos Theogony 22–23
- Ἑλικῶνι · Helikōni Theogony 5–7
- Ἑλικῶνος · Helikōnos Works and Days 639–640
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