Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hippocrene

(3 syl.). The fountain of the Muses, produced by a stroke of the hoof of Pegasos (Greek, hippos, horse; krene, fountain).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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