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Noun: Parnassus
  1. (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";
    - Mount Parnassus, Liakoura

Type of: mountain peak

Part of: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Encyclopedia: Parnassus, Pennsylvania