Hippocrene

Hip·po·crene

H0213000 (hĭp′ə-krēn′, hĭp′ə-krē′nē)n. Greek Mythology A fountain on Mount Helicon, Greece, sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.

[Latin Hippocrēnē, from Greek Hippokrēnē : hippos, horse (from the myth that Pegasus's hoof created it); see ekwo- in Indo-European roots + krēnē, fountain.]

Hippocrene

(ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn; ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) n (Classical Myth & Legend) a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration[C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring] ˌHippoˈcrenian adj

Hip•po•crene

(ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni)

n. a spring on Mt. Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.

Hippocrene

(hĭp`əkrēn'): see MusesMuses,
in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence; Euterpe, of music or of lyric poetry; Erato, of the poetry of
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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.
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Hippocrene

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

单词	hippocrene
释义	Hippocrene Hip·po·crene H0213000 (hĭp′ə-krēn′, hĭp′ə-krē′nē)n. Greek Mythology A fountain on Mount Helicon, Greece, sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration. [Latin Hippocrēnē, from Greek Hippokrēnē : hippos, horse (from the myth that Pegasus's hoof created it); see ekwo- in Indo-European roots + krēnē, fountain.] Hippocrene (ˈhɪpəʊˌkriːn; ˌhɪpəʊˈkriːnɪ) n (Classical Myth & Legend) a spring on Mount Helicon in Greece, said to engender poetic inspiration[C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring] ˌHippoˈcrenian adj Hip•po•crene (ˈhɪp əˌkrin, ˌhɪp əˈkri ni) n. a spring on Mt. Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration. Hippocrene Hippocrene (hĭp`əkrēn'): see MusesMuses, in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence; Euterpe, of music or of lyric poetry; Erato, of the poetry of ..... Click the link for more information. and PegasusPegasus, 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]See: Inspiration
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