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MOUNT PARNASSUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry
Example:
Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus
Synonyms:
Liakoura; Mount Parnassus; Parnassus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
Holonyms ("Mount Parnassus" is a part of...):
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
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