Parnassus Greek A mountain in south-central Greece, a few miles north of the Gulf of Corinth which separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnesus.
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Parnassus Greek A mountain in south-central Greece, a few miles north of the Gulf of Corinth which separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnesus. At the foot of the mountain stands Delphi, the shrine sacred to Apollo, whose seer, the Python, was renowned throughout the ancient world. Mount Parnassus was sacred to Apollo, Dionysus, and the nine muses. Bacchanalian rites took place in its caves and gorges, where, it was said, people could hear the pipes of Pan. On the slopes of Mount Parnassus the Ark landed after the flood in the myth of Deucalion.
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- Peloponnesus (Peloponnese) Greek The peninsula that lies south of the Greek mainland, connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth.
- Ixion Greek King of the Lapiths in Thessaly, the largest ancient region of north-central Greece.
- Lapiths (plural: Lapithae) Greek Mythical people of Thessaly, in north-central Greece.
- Megara (1) Greek A Greek city-state on the Greek mainland, between Attica and Corinth.
- Midas Greek A mythical king of Phrygia, an ancient region of central Asia Minor; son of the goddess Cybele and Gordius, from whom he inherited the throne.