parnassus Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry
Mount Parnassus; Liakoura.
- Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus
WordNet
Par*nas"sus noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. .Definitions
(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.