PARNASSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parnassus mean? 

• PARNASSUS (noun)
  The noun PARNASSUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry

  Familiarity information: PARNASSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARNASSUS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Liakoura; Mount Parnassus; Parnassus

Context example:

Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus

Instance hypernyms:

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Holonyms ("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)

 Context examples 

He was the fad of the hour, the adventurer who had stormed Parnassus while the gods nodded.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)