Mount Parnassus

Mount Parnassus
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
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Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus

Syn: ↑Parnassus, ↑Liakoura
Topics: ↑Greek mythology
Instance Hypernyms: ↑mountain peak
Part Holonyms: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas

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