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!bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Parnassus
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Elevation:|| 2,457 m (8,062 ft)
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Latitude:||38.533
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Longitude:||22.6167
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Location:||central [[Delphi]], [[Greece]]
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Length:||
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|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Easiest [[Climbing route|route]]:||walk up
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'''Mount Parnassus''' (also '''Mount Parnassos''' or '''Liakoura''') is a mountain of barren limestone in central [[Greece]] that towers above [[Delphi]], north of the [[Gulf of Corinth]], and offers scenic views of the surrounding olive groves and countryside. According to [[Greek mythology]], this mountain was sacred to [[Apollo]], the [[Corycian]] [[nymph]]s, and the home of the [[Muse]]s. The mountain was also favored by the [[Dorians]].

==Parnassus in mythology==
Mount Parnassus is named after Parnassos, the son of the [[nymph]] [[Kleodora]] and the man [[Kleopompous]]. There was a city of which Parnassos was leader, which was flooded by torrential rain. The citizens ran from the flood, following wolves' howling, up the mountain slope. There the survivors built another city, and called it [[Lykoreia]], which in [[Greek language|Greek]] means "the howling of the wolves."

As the [[Oracle of Delphi]] was sacred to the god Apollo, so did the mountain itself become associated with Apollo. According to some traditions, Parnassus was the site of the fountain [[Castalia]] and the home of the Muses; according to other traditions, that honor fell to Mount [[Helicon]], another mountain in the same range. As the home of the Muses, Parnassus became known as the home of poetry, music, and learning.

Parnassus was also the site of several unrelated minor events in Greek mythology.
*In some versions of the Greek flood myth, the ark of [[Deucalion]] comes to rest on the slopes of Parnassus.
*[[Orestes]] spent his time in hiding on Mount Parnassus.
*Parnassus was sacred to the god [[Dionysus]].
*The [[Corycian Cave]], located on the slopes of Parnassus, was sacred to [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]] and to the Muses.

==Parnassus today==
Today, the slopes of Mount Parnassus are the location of two ski centres. [http://www.parnassos-eot.gr/index_eng.htm The Parnassos Ski centre] is composed of two sections, Kellaria and Fterolakka, which together make up the largest ski center in Greece. A smaller ski centre (only two drag lifts) called Gerontovrahos is across a ridge from Kellaria.

Parnussus is mined for its abundant supply of bauxite which is converted to alumina and then to aluminium.

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Irlandos at 22:12, February 21, 2006