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1. (n.) Parnassus
Mount, a mountain in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth and near Delphi. ab. 8000 ft. (2440 m).
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1. (noun) Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura
(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"
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1. (noun) parnassus
a mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring
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1. parnassus
a mountain in Phocis, 10 m. N. of the Gulf of Corinth, 8000 ft. high, one of the chief seats of Apollo and the Muses, and an inspiring source of poetry and song, with the oracle of Delphi and the Castalian spring on its slopes; it was conceived of by the Greeks as in the centre of the earth.
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