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Parnassus, mountain, Greece: see Parnassós Parnassós (pär'näsôs`) or Parnassus ..... Click the link for more information. . Parnassus 1. Mount. a mountain in central Greece, in NW Boeotia: in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo, and the Muses, with the Castalian Spring and Delphi on its slopes. Height: 2457 m (8061 ft.) 2. a. the world of poetry b. a centre of poetic or other creative activity 3. a collection of verse or belles-lettres Parnassus mountains sacred to Muses; hence, abode of poetry. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 234] See : Poetry How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The antients may be considered as a rich common, where every person who hath the smallest tenement in Parnassus hath a free right to fatten his muse. In composing the Odyssey he did not include all the adventures of Odysseus--such as his wound on Parnassus, or his feigned madness at the mustering of the host--incidents between which there was no necessary or probable connection: but he made the Odyssey, and likewise the Iliad, to centre round an action that in our sense of the word is one. Parnassus with his excellent grandfather Autolycus--who was the most accomplished thief and perjurer in the whole world--and with the sons of Autolycus. |
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