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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Par·nas·sus /pɑrˈnæsəs/
 希臘中部的山,詩人們,詩壇

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Par·nas·sus n.  Anc. Geog. & Gr. Myth. A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
 Grass of Parnassus. Bot. See under Grass, and Parnassia.
 To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Parnassus
      n : (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where
          (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as
          the mythological home of music and poetry; "Liakoura is
          the modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: Mount
          Parnassus, Liakoura]