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• Helicon, Mount — Mountain, east central Greece, part of the Helicon range, a continuation of the higher Parnassus range. Located near the Gulf of Corinth, it is 5,738 ft (1,749 m) high. It was celebrated by the ancient Greeks as the home of the Muses; on it were… …   Universalium

• mount — mount1 mountable, adj. mountless, adj. /mownt/, v.t. 1. to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs. 2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.). 3. to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts. 4. to furnish with a horse or other… …   Universalium

• Mount Helicon — Elevation 1,749 m (5,738 ft) …   Wikipedia

• Helicon — may refer to: *Helicon (crater), lunar impact crater *Helicon (physics), low frequency electromagnetic waves *Helicon (planet), fictional planet in Isaac Asimov s Foundation Series *Helicon thruster, type of ion propulsion engine *Helicon Filter …   Wikipedia

• Mount Parnassus — For other uses, see Parnassus (disambiguation). Parnassus Mount Parnassus Elevation …   Wikipedia

• Parnassus, Mount — ▪ mountain, Greece Modern Greek  Óros Parnassós,         mountain barren limestone spur of the Pindus Mountains, central Greece, running northwest–southeast on the borders of the nomoí (departments) of Phocis, Fthiótis, and Boeotia. Rising to a… …   Universalium

• Геликон — (Helicon, Mount, греч. Helikon)Helicon Mount, горы, горный массив в Беотии, центр. Греция, к С. от Коринфского залива; высота до 1750 м (гора Палайовоуни). Древн. греки считали это место обителью муз, а на горе Загора есть источник Иппокрена,… …   Страны мира. Словарь

• Latin names of mountains — Users of Neo Latin have taken the Latin language to places the Romans never went; hence a need arose to make Latin names of mountains that did not exist when Latin was a living language.trategies for constructing Latin names:See companion… …   Wikipedia

• Olympic Airlines — For the successor to Olympic Airlines, see Olympic Air. Olympic Airlines Ολυμπιακές Αερογραμμές IATA OA …   Wikipedia

• Boeotia — /bee oh sheuh/, n. a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Cap.: Thebes. * * * District and ancient republic, eastern central Greece. Bounded by Attica and the Gulf of Corinth, its chief cities were Orchomenus and Thebes. Inhabited by… …   Universalium