Hippocrene
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Hippocrene
C17: via Latin from Greek hippos horse + krēnē spring
Example Sentences
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In classical legend, Hippocrene, the fountain on Mount Helicon created by Pegasus's hoof, is sacred to the Muses and inspires whoever drinks from it.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
To Webb's oenology students, wine is not the "blushful Hippocrene" extolled by Keats but a complicated blend of ethyl alcohol, polyphenols and a hundred other compounds that must be subjected to decidedly unromantic analysis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spring beloved of poets, Hippocrene, on Helicon, the Muses’ mountain, had sprung up where his hoof had struck the earth.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Bring me Peggy, My antient steed, now somewhat leggy; Not him who on Parnassus green Erst fed, and drank of Hippocrene; But such, as to supply the trade, At Nuremburg by scores are made.—
From Buzz a Buzz or The Bees by Wilhelm Busch
Oh for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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