Mount Parnassus

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mountain mythological location

Mount Parnassus is a limestone mountain in central Greece famed in Greek mythology as a sacred home of Apollo and the Muses and a symbol of poetry and the arts.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Parnassus 2
Mount Parnassus area 1
Parnassus mountain massif 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ
associatedDeity Dionysus ⓘ
associatedWith Orpheus ⓘ
Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Pythian cult of Apollo
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
elevation 2457 m ⓘ
8059 ft ⓘ
GreekName Παρανασσός ⓘ
hasActivity hiking ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
hasCulturalRole home of the Muses ⓘ
seat of poetic inspiration ⓘ
hasLiteraryReference European literature ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Roman poetry ⓘ
hasMythologicalAssociation music ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
the arts ⓘ
hasMythologicalFeature Castalian Spring ⓘ
Corycian Cave ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Parnassos National Park ⓘ
hasViewOf Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
highestPointOf Phocis ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Boeotia ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Delphi ⓘ
Gulf of Corinth ⓘ
locatedOn Balkans ⓘ
surface form: Balkan Peninsula
material limestone ⓘ
mountainRange Mount Parnassus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parnassus range
nationalParkSince 1938 ⓘ
overlooks Delphi archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Delphi sanctuary
partOf Pindus Mountains ⓘ
sacredTo Apollo ⓘ
the Muses ⓘ
symbolOf literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
the arts ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
mountain tourism ⓘ
UNESCORegion Delphi archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Delphi UNESCO World Heritage Site

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo Musagetes → associatedWith → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Autolycus → associatedWith → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parnassus
Nine Muses → associatedWith → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Python → dwellsAt → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
central Greece → hasMountain → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Greece
Phocis → hasMountain → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Castalian Spring → locatedIn → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Delphi archaeological site → locatedIn → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Parnassus valley → locatedIn → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
slope of Mount Parnassus → locatedIn → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
slaying of Python by Apollo → location → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Mount Parnassus → mountainRange → Mount Parnassus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parnassus range
Raphael → notableWork → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parnassus
slope of Mount Parnassus → partOf → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parnassus mountain massif
Sibyl Rock → region → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Parnassus area
Autolycus → residence → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
the Muses → residence → Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Pyrrha → residenceAfterFlood → Mount Parnassus ⓘ