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Hesiod: Theogony & Works and Days 7 · 7

On highest Helicon they made their dancing-floors

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ἀκροτάτῳ Ἑλικῶνι χοροὺς ἐνεποιήσαντο

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ἀκροτάτῳakrotátōion the highestἙλικῶνιHelikōniof Heliconχοροὺςkhoroúsdancing-placesἐνεποιήσαντοenepoiḗsantothey made for themselves

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On the very peak of the mountain the Muses set their choirs — the ring-dances that are the origin of song.

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