THE MOUNT HELICON (Elicone), IN BOEOTIA, FOR HESIOD WAS THE RESIDENCE OF THE MUSES THAT “DANCE AROUND THE ALTAR OF THE MIGHTY SON OF CRONUS”: THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS THAT WAS ON THE SUMMIT.
FROM THE CURVY MOUNTAIN THE OLMEIOS AND PERMESSOS RIVERS DESCENDED, WHOSE WATERS, ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGY, PROVIDED INSPIRATION TO POETS. EVEN THE SPRING IN WHICH NARCISSUS MIRRORED HIMSELF WAS ON THE HELICON .
OVID ALSO NARRATES THAT PALLAS VISITED THE STAGE OF THE MUSES IN ORDER TO BE SURE OF THE EXISTENCE OF A SPRING FROM WHICH, IT SEEMED, MIRACLE WATER FOR THE ARTS EMERGED.
MUSEUMS – THE HELICONS – ARE, THEREFORE, PLACES OF EXCITEMENT OF THE FANTASY AND OF NARCISSISM AND, FOR MASSIMO PACIFICO, EVEN FOR INTIMATE REFLECTIONS.
FOR MANY YEARS THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAS EXPLORED THEM, OFTEN IN THE COMPANY OF HIS FAITHFUL REFLEX, NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED BY DILIGENT GUARDIANS, A RELIABLE WITNESS OF MOMENTS AND SITUATIONS THAT ARE SOMETIMES UNREPEATABLE.
