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[syn: Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Parnassus \Par*nas"sus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anc. Geog. & Gr.
Myth.)
A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and
famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
[1913 Webster]
Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and
Parnassia.
To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Parnassus
n 1: (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where
(according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as
the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is the
modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: Parnassus, Mount
Parnassus, Liakoura]