The "Contest of Cithaeron and Helicon" is a fragment of a poem by Corinna. Preserved on a second-century AD papyrus discovered at Hermopolis in Egypt, the poem tells the story of a singing competition
Corinna, by Frederick Leighton
Mount Cithaeron From the tombs of Platea Williams Hugh William 1829
Mount Helicon Williams Hugh William 1829
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Corinna or Korinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar, not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradit
According to ancient tradition, Corinna was a pupil of Myrtis of Anthedon, with whom she sits in this painting by Ernst Stückelberg.
Corinna: The Lyric Muse, c. 1855, by William Brodie
Ancient marble sculpture of Corinna, possibly a copy of Silanion's bronze mentioned by Tatian