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Parnassus

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Noun

1. liakoura, mount parnassus, 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

Example Sentences:
'Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus'

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Parnassus

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noun
1.  Mount Parnassus
2. 
a. 
the world of poetry
b. 
a centre of poetic or other creative activity
3. 
a collection of verse or belles-lettres

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Parnassus

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noun
1. 
poetry or poets collectively
2. 
any center of poetic or artistic activity
Mountmountain in central Greece, near the Gulf of Corinth: 8,061 ft (2,457 m): sacred to Apollo and the Muses in ancient times

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Parnassus

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A mountain, about 2,457 m (8,061 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.

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