Helicon or Helikon may refer to

Places

Helicon (river) Helicon (also transliterated Helikon) was a river of the Macedonian city Dion.Jennifer Lynn Larson, ''Greek nymphs: myth, cult, lore'' (Oxford University Press US, 2001), 139. Helicon was briefly mentioned in stories of Orpheus. After he was ki ...

, a former river in the Macedonian city Dion, mentioned in Greek mythology * Mount Helicon, mountain in Boeotia, Greece *"Helikon", an 1893 mansion designed by Charles Slayter in

Strathfield, New South Wales Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A sma ...

*Helikon Park, a park in

Randfontein Local Municipality Randfontein Local Municipality was a local municipality in West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is ...

, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa *Torre Helicon, the fourth tallest building in Monterrey, Mexico * Helicon Home Colony, an experimental community formed by author Upton Sinclair in Englewood, New Jersey *Fictional planet in the Arcturus sector where Hari Seldon was born in the ''Foundation'' series of Isaac Asimov

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Helicon (instrument), a brass musical instrument in the tuba family *Helicon Mountain, studio of

Jools Holland Julian Miles Holland, (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was an original member of the band Squeeze and has worked with many artists including Jayne County, Sting, Eric C ...

*''Helicon'', a 1977 album by The Four Seasons * Helicon Records, a record label founded in Israel in 1985 *" New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1" and "

New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2 "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2" (almost always referred to as "Helicon 2") is a song by Scottish band Mogwai. It was first released as a double A-side with "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1", on 7" limited to 3000 copies. It was later included on the 19 ...

", songs by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai *''Helikon'', a 1952 piano concerto by Mikis Theodorakis *

Helikon Opera Helikon Opera is a Russian opera company based in Moscow, specializing in unconventional productions. Their main performing base is the 250 seat Mayakovsky Theater, the former ballroom in the palace of the Shakhovskoi-Glebov-Streshneva family who we ...

, a Moscow-based opera company

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Englands Helicon ''Englands Helicon'' is an anthology of Elizabethan pastoral poems compiled by John Flasket, and first published in 1600. There was an enlarged edition in 1614. The word Helicon refers to the Greek mountain on which, in Greek mythology, two s ...

, an anthology of Elizabethan pastoral poems published in 1600 *

Heliconian Club The Heliconian Club of Toronto is an association of women involved in the arts and letters based in Toronto, Canada. It operates out of Heliconian Hall located in Yorkville. In existence for over 110 years, the Heliconian Club remains steadfast in ...

, Toronto women's arts society

Science and technology

Software

Helicon Filter Helicon Filter, also referred to as Helicon, Filter, or as HF, was a proprietary commercial and shareware photo editing software program for Microsoft Windows, similar to such programs as Adobe Photoshop and GIMP, developed and published by He ...

, a photo editing program *

Helicon Photo Safe Helicon Photo Safe is a proprietary freeware and commercial digital image organization and protection tool produced by Helicon Soft Ltd. It is designed to be an image viewer and organizer which works together with the editing program Helicon Filt ...

, a digital image organization tool *

Helicon Ape Helicon Ape is a piece of software by Helicon Tech designed to introduce Apache functionality on IIS web servers. Helicon Ape was created as an ASP.NET module for IIS 7 (and higher), implementing functionality of more than 35 Apache modules, t ...

, an ASP.NET module to introduce Apache functionality on IIS web servers

Other uses in science and technology

Helicon (crater) Helicon is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the north part of the Mare Imbrium. The crater was named after 4th century BC Greek astronomer Helicon of Cyzicus, a friend and disciple of Plato. To the northwest is the prominent Sinus ...

, a lunar impact crater *

Helicon (physics) In electromagnetism, a helicon is a low-frequency electromagnetic wave that can exist in bounded plasmas in the presence of a magnetic field. The first helicons observed were atmospheric whistlers, but they also exist in solid conductorsBowers, R ...

, low frequency electromagnetic waves *

Helikon vortex separation process The Helikon vortex separation process is an aerodynamic uranium enrichment process designed around a device called a vortex tube. Paul Dirac thought of the idea for isotope separation and tried creating such a device in 1934 in the lab of Peter Ka ...

, used for uranium enrichment * Helicon Double Layer Thruster, a prototype spacecraft propulsion engine *Helicon engine, a motorcycle engine that powers the

Buell 1125R The Buell 1125R is a sport bike that was made by Buell Motorcycle Company in the United States. It was introduced in July 2007 for the 2008 model year. Production of road-going 1125Rs, and all Buell models, ceased in October 2009. In November 2009 ...

and 1125CR