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Parnassus

also known as Mount Parnassus, Parnassos

Definition

The sacred twin-peaked mountain above Delphi, slope of the oracle and haunt of Apollo, the Muses, and Dionysus. At the winter solstice the Thyiades climb its heights to wake the divine child within.

Etymology

Greek Parnassos — a pre-Greek name of uncertain meaning.

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