Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Helicon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Helicon \Hel"i*con\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
A mountain in B[oe]otia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to
be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.
From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills
their mazy progress take. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
helicon
n : a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn: {bombardon}]
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