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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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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Examples
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Before 1886, the 904-foot hill behind the UCSF Medical Center then known as Mount Parnassus was covered in low brush and chaparral, just like the rest of San Francisco.
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Delphi lay high on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in the region of Phocis in central Greece.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Delphi lay high on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in the region of Phocis in central Greece.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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On the way home, Alexander made a detour through the mountains of central Greece to the sacred site of Delphi beneath Mount Parnassus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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On the way home, Alexander made a detour through the mountains of central Greece to the sacred site of Delphi beneath Mount Parnassus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Mr. Powers presents him trying, with the help of relics like Shelley's jawbone, to counter a resurrection of vampiric powers on Mount Parnassus.
In Brief: Science Fiction Tom Shippey 2011
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On the way home, Alexander made a detour through the mountains of central Greece to the sacred site of Delphi beneath Mount Parnassus.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Delphi lay high on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in the region of Phocis in central Greece.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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None of the other students kept chariots at school, but Zeus had made an exception for her after four deer had followed her back from a second-grade field trip to Mount Parnassus in southern Greece.
Artemis the Brave Joan Holub 2010
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None of the other students kept chariots at school, but Zeus had made an exception for her after four deer had followed her back from a second-grade field trip to Mount Parnassus in southern Greece.
Artemis the Brave Joan Holub 2010
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