THESPIAE

Meaning of THESPIAE in English

/thes"pee ee'/ , n.

a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.

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THESPIAE — Ancient town, Boeotia , eastern central Greece. It was the site of temples and festivals of the Praxiteles' famous statue …
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MUSE — Greek Mousa, or Moisa, Latin Musa in Greco-Roman religion and mythology, any of a group of sister goddesses of obscure …
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HELICON, MOUNT — Modern Greek ros Elikn mountain of the Helicon range in Boeotia, Greece, between Lmni (lake) Kopas and the Gulf of …
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EROS — in Greek religion, god of love. In the Theogony of Hesiod (fl. 700 BC), Eros was a primeval god, son …
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AGANIPPE — [Greek] A nymph, the daughter of the river-deity Ternessus. She resides in the well Aganippe near Thespiae, at the base …
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