Thesaurus: parnassus

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1. n. A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
2. A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. -- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
3. A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, andfamous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring. Grass ofParnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia.-- To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
4. 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