LIBETHRA (anc. geog.), the fountain of song, was situated in Magnesia, a district of Macedonia annexed to Thessaly; distinct from the town of Libethra, which stood on the mount Olympus, where it
Libethius verges towards Macedonia: hence the Muses are called Libethrides, (Virgil.) Strabo places on Helicon, not only Hippocrene, and the temple of the Muses, but also the cave of the nymphs Libethrides.