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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  {Grass  of  Parnassus}.  (Bot.)  See  under  {Grass},  and 
  {Parnassia}. 
 
  {To  climb  Parnassus},  to  write  poetry.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Parnassus 
  n  :  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}] 




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