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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Parnassus \Par*nas"sus\, noun [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (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 [wn]:
Parnassus
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; "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus" [syn: {Mount Parnassus}, {Liakoura}]
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