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(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
How To Use Mount Parnassus In A Sentence
- Before 1886, the 904-foot hill behind the UCSF Medical Center then known as Mount Parnassus was covered in low brush and chaparral, just like the rest of San Francisco. SF Weekly | Complete Issue
- Mount Parnassus, covered the greater part of the year with snow, with its sacred cave, and its Castalian fount gushing forth between two of its lofty rocks. Mosaics of Grecian History
- Their raft grounded at the peak of Mount Parnassus, and they immediately gave thanks to the gods of the mountain and to the prophetess Themis, guardian of the oracle.
- Mr. Powers presents him trying, with the help of relics like Shelley's jawbone, to counter a resurrection of vampiric powers on Mount Parnassus. In Brief: Science Fiction
- None of the other students kept chariots at school, but Zeus had made an exception for her after four deer had followed her back from a second-grade field trip to Mount Parnassus in southern Greece. Artemis the Brave
- On the way home, Alexander made a detour through the mountains of central Greece to the sacred site of Delphi beneath Mount Parnassus. Alexander the Great
- Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus
- Delphi lay high on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in the region of Phocis in central Greece. Alexander the Great
