(n)(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry, Syn.Liakoura, Mount Parnassus
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n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]