Hippocrene

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Hippocrene (hĭp`əkrēn'): see Muses Muses, in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine.
..... Click the link for more information. and Pegasus Pegasus, in Greek mythology, winged horse that carries the thunderbolt of Zeus. He sprang full-grown from the neck of the dying Gorgon Medusa. With a slash of his hoof, he created the Hippocrene, a sacred spring of the Muses on Mt. Helicon.
..... Click the link for more information. , in mythology.

Hippocrene

Mt. Helicon spring regarded as source of poetic inspiration. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 1246]

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No references found			A modern may with much more elegance invoke a ballad, as some have thought Homer did, or a mug of ale, with the author of Hudibras; which latter may perhaps have inspired much more poetry, as well as prose, than all the liquors of Hippocrene or Helicon. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context It is an abominable drink, unworthy of a man who quenches his thirst at the Hippocrene fountain -- is not it so you call your fountain, you poets? Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			Hipparion Hippeastrum hipped dormer hipped end hipped gable hipped roof hipped-gable roof hipped-plate construction Hippel, Theodor Gottlieb von HiPPI Hippias Hippidea hippies Hippius, Zinaida Hippius, Zinaida Nikolaevna Hippius, Zinaida Nikolayevna Hippo Regius Hippoboscidae hippocampal sulcus hippocampus Hippocrateaceae Hippocrates Hippocrates Lunes Hippocrates of Chios Hippocratic oath Hippocrene hippocrepiform Hippodamus hippodrome Hippoglossidae hippogriff Hippokrateia Festival Hippology Hippolyta Hippolyte Hippolyte Taine Hippolytus Hippolytus, Saint Hippolytus, St. Hippomedon Hippomenes Hippomenes and Atalanta Hippomorpha Hipponax hippopede Hippophae Hippophaë Hippopotamidae hippopotamus Hipposideridae Hippotraginae			Hippocrates' bandage Hippocrates' sleeve Hippocratic Hippocratic Hippocratic Hippocratic face Hippocratic face hippocratic facies hippocratic facies hippocratic finger hippocratic finger Hippocratic fingers Hippocratic fingers hippocratic nail Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oath Hippocratic oaths Hippocratic oaths Hippocratic oaths Hippocratic school of medicine Hippocratic school of medicine Hippocratic school of medicine hippocratic sounds hippocratic sounds hippocratic sounds hippocratic sounds hippocratic succussion sound Hippocratism Hippocrene Hippocrepian Hippocrepiform Hippocrepiform Hippocrepis Hippocrepis comosa Hippocrite Hippocrite Hippocrite Hippodame Hippodamea Hippodameía Hippodamia Hippodamia convergens Hippodamus Hippodamus of Miletus hippodrome hippodrome hippodrome Hippodrome, London hippodromes hippodromes Hippoglossidae Hippoglossoides Hippoglossoides platessoides Hippoglossus Hippoglossus hippoglossus Hippoglossus stenolepis Hippoglossus stenolepsis hippogriff hippogriff

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