Ἑλικῶνα (Helikona)

Ἑλικῶνα is an Ancient Greek form of Ἑλικών, meaning “Helikon — the son of Acesas, of Salamis, in Cyprus, was a celebrated artist in weaving variegated…”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of ἑλίκων, “thread spun from the distaff to the spindle”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Lysander 29.7: … πε, καθʼ ὃν ἡ Βοιωτία τῇ Ἀττικῇ σύνορός ἐστιν, Ὀρχαλίδην δὲ λόφον, ὃν νῦν Ἀλώπεκον καλοῦσιν, ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τὸν Ἑλικῶνα μέρεσι τοῦ Ἁλιάρτου κείμενον.

Plutarch, De cohibenda ira 16: … πρόθυμον οὐκ ἂν ἔτι δυνηθείην τοῦ δὲ πιστεύειν σφόδρα χρησαίμην ἂν ἴσως χαλινῷ τῇ Πλάτωνος; εὐλαβείᾳ. καὶ γὰρ Ἑλίκωνα τὸν μαθηματικὸν οὕτως ἐπαινεῖν φησιν, ὡς φύσει εὐμετάβολον ζῷον, καὶ τοὺς τεθραμμένους ἐν τῇ πόλει· καλῶς δεδ …

All forms of Ἑλικών (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.