'Parnassus' definitions:
Definition of 'Parnassus'
(from WordNet)
noun
(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" [syn: Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura]
Definition of 'Parnassus'
From: GCIDE
- Parnassus \Par*nas"sus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (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]