Mount Parnassus

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Mount Parnassus - (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"

Liakoura, Parnassus

Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil

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On the slope of Mount Parnassus was the famous Delphi, whither Cadmus was going.

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