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Parnassos

Parnassos is the alternative form of Parnassus.

Meaning of Parnassus

Proper noun

Parnassus

  1. A mountain in central Greece, adjacent the site of the ancient city of Delphi, that in Greek mythology was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs and was the home of the Muses.
    • Go down beside thy native rill,
      ⁠On thy Parnassus set thy feet,
      ⁠And hear thy laurel whisper sweet
      About the ledges of the hill.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 57
  2. (figuratively) The home of poetry, literature, and learning.
    • Such lovely and truly British poetry cannot be too often brought to view; we shall therefore insert in thk part of our work several of these gems of our Parnassus, distinguishing by a different character such acts and attributes as appear properly to belong to the Fairy of popular belief.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 128
  3. A small town in Hurunui district, north Canterbury, New Zealand, named after Mount Parnassus.

Questions about Parnassos

What is Parnassos the alternative form of?
Parnassos is the alternative form of Parnassus.

Words near Parnassos in the dictionary

  1. parnassian
  2. Parnassianism
  3. parnassians
  4. parnassias
  5. Parnassism
  6. Parnassos
  7. Parnassus
  8. parnauite
  9. Parnaíba
  10. Parnell
  11. Parnellian

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