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Parnassus

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Par·nas·sus  (pär-nss) also Par·nas·sós (-nä-sôs)
A mountain, about 2,458 m (8,060 ft) high, of central Greece north of the Gulf of Corinth. In ancient times it was sacred to Apollo, Dionysus, and the Muses. Delphi was at the foot of the mountain.

Parnassus [pɑːˈnæsəs]
n
1. (Placename) Mount. a mountain in central Greece, in NW Boeotia: in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo, and the Muses, with the Castalian Spring and Delphi on its slopes. Height: 2457 m (8061 ft.) Modern Greek names Parnassós [ˌparnaˈsɔs] Liákoura
2. (Literature / Poetry)
a.  the world of poetry
b.  a centre of poetic or other creative activity
3. (Literature / Poetry) a collection of verse or belles-lettres
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ParnassusParnassus - (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"
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
Translations
Parnassus [pɑːˈnæsəs] NParnaso m
Parnassus
n Mount Parnassusder Parnass
Parnassus [pɑːˈnæsəs] n (Geog, Myth) → Parnaso
Parnassus [pɑːˈnæsəs] n (Geog, Myth) → Parnaso


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The antients may be considered as a rich common, where every person who hath the smallest tenement in Parnassus hath a free right to fatten his muse.
In composing the Odyssey he did not include all the adventures of Odysseus--such as his wound on Parnassus, or his feigned madness at the mustering of the host--incidents between which there was no necessary or probable connection: but he made the Odyssey, and likewise the Iliad, to centre round an action that in our sense of the word is one.
Parnassus with his excellent grandfather Autolycus--who was the most accomplished thief and perjurer in the whole world--and with the sons of Autolycus.
 
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