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1 HELICON (MOUNTAIN SACRED TO APOLLO AND THE MUSES)
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2 Apollo
Ăpollo, ĭnis (earlier Ăpello, like hemo for homo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.; gen. APOLONES, Inscr. Orell. 1433, like salutes, v. salus; dat. APOLLONI, Corp. Inscr. III. 567, APOLENEI, ib. I. 167, APOLONE, Inscr. Ritschl, Epigr. Suppl. 3, p. 3; abl. APOLONE; the gen. Apollōnis etc., is often found in MSS., as in Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 114, and even Apollŏnis is found in Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 165), m., = Apollôn, Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona, twinbrother of Diana, and god of the sun. On account of his omniscience, god of divination; on account of his lightnings (belê), god of archery (hence represented with quiver and dart), and of the pestilence caused by heat; but, since his priests were the first physicians, also god of the healing art; and since he communicated oracles in verse, god of poetry and music, presiding over the Muses, etc.; cf. Hor. C. S. 61 sq. In more ancient times, represented as a protecting deity, by a conical pillar in the streets and highways (Apollo Agyieus, v. Agyieus and Müll. Denkm. 2). In the class. period of the arts, represented with weapons, the cithara, a crown of laurel, etc., with hair commonly flowing down upon his neck, but sometimes collected together and fastened up (akersekomês), as a blooming youth (meirakion); cf.II.Müll. Archaeol. §§ 359 and 360. The laurel-tree was sacred to him,
Phaedr. 3, 17, 3; Ov. F. 6, 91;hence, arbor Phoebi,
the laurel-tree, id. ib. 3, 139; cf. arbor.—After the battle at Actium, Augustus there consecrated a temple to Apollo;hence, Apollo Actiacus,
Ov. M. 13, 715, and Actius Phoebus, Prop. 5, 6, 67 (cf. Strabo, 10, 451, and v. Actium and Actius): [p. 139] Pythius Apollo, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5: crinitus Apollo, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89:dignos et Apolline crines,
Ov. M. 3, 421:flavus Apollo,
id. Am. 1, 15, 35:Apollinis nomen est Graecum, quem solem esse volunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68:Apollinem Delium,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 48; Verg. A. 4, 162:Apollinem morbos depellere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 17; Verg. E. 6, 73; Hor. C. 1, 7, 28:magnus Apollo,
Verg. E. 3, 104:formosus,
id. ib. 4, 53:pulcher,
id. A. 3, 119:vates Apollo,
Val. Fl. 4, 445:oraculum Apollinis,
Cic. Am. 2, 7.—Hence,Esp.A.Apollinis urbs magna, a town in Upper Egypt, also called Apollonopolis, now the village Edju, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60; cf. Mann. Afr. I. 328.—B.Apollinis promontorium.a.In Zeugitana in Africa, a mile east of Utica, now Cape Gobeah or Farina (previously called promontorium pulchrum), Liv. 30, 24, 8; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23; cf. Mann. Afr. II. 293.—b.In Mauretania, Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20.—C.Apollinis oppidum, a town in the eastern part of Ethiopia, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 189.—D.Apollinis Phaestii portus, a harbor in the territory of Locri Ozolœ, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7.—E.Apollinis Libystini fanum, a place in Sicily, now Fano, Macr. S. 1, 17. -
3 Parnaseus
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
4 Parnasis
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
5 Parnasius
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
6 Parnasos
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
7 Parnasseus
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
8 Parnassis
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
9 Parnassius
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
10 Parnassos
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
11 Parnassus
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
12 Parnasus
Parnāsus and - os, also Parnas-sus or - os, i, m., = Parnasos, afterwards Parnassos, a high mountain in Phocis with two peaks, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, at whose foot was the city of Delphi and the Castalian spring, now range of Liakhoura, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 7:A. B. C.mons ibi verticibus petit arduus astra duobus, Nomine Parnasus,
Ov. M. 1, 317:biceps,
id. ib. 2, 221; Pers. prol. 2:uterque,
Stat. Th. 7, 346:Parnasi deserta per ardua,
Verg. G. 3, 291:Parnasus gemino petit aethera colle,
Luc. 5, 72.—Hence,Parnāsĭus ( Parnass-), a, um, adj., Parnassian:rupes,
Verg. E. 6, 29:laurus,
id. G. 2, 18:templa,
of Apollo, Ov. M. 5, 278:Themis, so called because she possessed the Delphic oracle before Apollo,
id. ib. 4, 642:vox,
the Delphic oracle, Val. Fl. 3, 618: tu, precor, ignarum doceas, Parnasia, vatem, O muse! Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 71. -
13 Helicon
Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Helikôn, a mountain in Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.—II.Derivv.A.Hĕlĭcōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian:B. C.collis,
i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1:Tempe,
a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15:mella,
Claud. Laud. Ser. 10:Naïs,
id. Epigr. 5.—Hĕlĭcōnis, ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian:silva,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.—In plur. subst.: Hĕlĭcōnĭdes, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4. -
14 Heliconiades
Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Helikôn, a mountain in Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.—II.Derivv.A.Hĕlĭcōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian:B. C.collis,
i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1:Tempe,
a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15:mella,
Claud. Laud. Ser. 10:Naïs,
id. Epigr. 5.—Hĕlĭcōnis, ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian:silva,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.—In plur. subst.: Hĕlĭcōnĭdes, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4. -
15 Heliconides
Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Helikôn, a mountain in Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.—II.Derivv.A.Hĕlĭcōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian:B. C.collis,
i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1:Tempe,
a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15:mella,
Claud. Laud. Ser. 10:Naïs,
id. Epigr. 5.—Hĕlĭcōnis, ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian:silva,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.—In plur. subst.: Hĕlĭcōnĭdes, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4. -
16 Heliconis
Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Helikôn, a mountain in Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.—II.Derivv.A.Hĕlĭcōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian:B. C.collis,
i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1:Tempe,
a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15:mella,
Claud. Laud. Ser. 10:Naïs,
id. Epigr. 5.—Hĕlĭcōnis, ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian:silva,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.—In plur. subst.: Hĕlĭcōnĭdes, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4. -
17 Heliconius
Hĕlĭcon, ōnis, m., = Helikôn, a mountain in Bœotia, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, now Zagará, Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; 4, 7, 12, § 25; Ov. M. 2, 219; 5, 254; 663; id. F. 4, 193; Verg. A. 7, 641; 10, 163 al.—II.Derivv.A.Hĕlĭcōnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Helicon, Heliconian:B. C.collis,
i. e. Helicon, Cat. 61, 1:Tempe,
a beautiful valley on Mount Helicon, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 15:mella,
Claud. Laud. Ser. 10:Naïs,
id. Epigr. 5.—Hĕlĭcōnis, ĭdis. f. adj., Heliconian:silva,
Stat. S. 4, 4, 90.—In plur. subst.: Hĕlĭcōnĭdes, um, i. q. Heliconiades, the Muses, Pers. prooem. 4. -
18 Castalia
Castălĭa, ae, f., = Kastalia, a fountain on Parnassus, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 310, b Müll.; Verg. G. 3, 293; Hor. C. 3, 4, 61; Stat. Th. 1, 698.—II.Hence the adjj.,A.Castă-lĭus, a, um, Castalian:B.fons,
Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; Sen. Oedip. 229; cf.fontes,
Stat. Th. 1, 565:arbor,
the laurel, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 13;hence, umbra,
Tib. 3, 1, 16:antrum,
i. e. the cave of the oracle at Delphi, Ov. M. 3, 14.— -
19 Castalis
Castălĭa, ae, f., = Kastalia, a fountain on Parnassus, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 310, b Müll.; Verg. G. 3, 293; Hor. C. 3, 4, 61; Stat. Th. 1, 698.—II.Hence the adjj.,A.Castă-lĭus, a, um, Castalian:B.fons,
Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; Sen. Oedip. 229; cf.fontes,
Stat. Th. 1, 565:arbor,
the laurel, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 13;hence, umbra,
Tib. 3, 1, 16:antrum,
i. e. the cave of the oracle at Delphi, Ov. M. 3, 14.— -
20 Castalius
Castălĭa, ae, f., = Kastalia, a fountain on Parnassus, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 310, b Müll.; Verg. G. 3, 293; Hor. C. 3, 4, 61; Stat. Th. 1, 698.—II.Hence the adjj.,A.Castă-lĭus, a, um, Castalian:B.fons,
Plin. 4, 3, 4, § 8; Sen. Oedip. 229; cf.fontes,
Stat. Th. 1, 565:arbor,
the laurel, Prop. 3 (4), 3, 13;hence, umbra,
Tib. 3, 1, 16:antrum,
i. e. the cave of the oracle at Delphi, Ov. M. 3, 14.—
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