Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Parnassus"
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) 1.7 (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}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.