HIPPOCRENE
\hˈɪpəkɹˌiːn], \hˈɪpəkɹˌiːn], \h_ˈɪ_p_ə_k_ɹ_ˌiː_n]\
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A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
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A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
By Noah Webster.
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hip'o-kr[=e]n, n. a fountain on the northern slopes of Mount Helicon, in Greece, sacred to the Muses and Apollo. [L.,--Gr. hippokr[=e]n[=e]--hippos, a horse, kr[=e]n[=e], a fountain.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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