E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poem 61, line 1

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collis Heliconii: Mt. Helicon in Boeotia was from most ancient times known as the seat of the Muses (cf. Hes. Theog. 1 “Μουσάων Ἑλικωνιάδων” ), of one of whom Hymen was the son.

Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.

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