HyperDic: mount_parnassus

English > 1 sense of the expression Mount Parnassus:
NOUNobjectMount Parnassus, Parnassus, Liakoura(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived
English > Mount Parnassus: 1 sense > noun 1, object
Meaning(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry.
SynonymsParnassus, Liakoura
CategoryGreek mythologyThe mythology of the ancient Greeks
Instance ofmountain peakThe summit of a mountain
Part ofGreece, Hellenic Republic, EllasA republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
CatalanParnàs

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