| 单词 | Mount Parnassus |
| 例句 | Apollo’s mother, Leto, is seen before his birth in travail, seated on top of the staircase that will later turn into Mount Parnassus, up which he will finally lead the muses. Dance Review | Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Celebrating the Genius of Balanchine by Viewing It With Fresh Eyes 2010-03-08T06:32:00Z Tucked into the southwestern spur of Mount Parnassus, Delphi overlooks the Gulf of Corinth and a velvety-looking valley blanketed with olive orchards. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Nor do I wish to make a point about white privilege and access to Mount Parnassus. The Many Lives of Steven Yeun 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Below the green slopes of Mount Parnassus in central Greece, the small town of Distomo was unusually full of people. Older Greeks Fear the Return of Fascism on Brink of Election The Deluge came, the chest or coffer floated at the mercy of the waves for nine days and nine nights, and was finally stranded on Mount Parnassus. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Other mythologists, in treating of the deluvian myths, state that Deucalion and Pyrrha took refuge in an ark, which, after sailing about for many days, was stranded on the top of Mount Parnassus. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z When the waters abated, the ship in which they were carried rested upon Mount Parnassus, and they consulted the oracle of Themis, to know by what means the earth might again be peopled. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It is in form a rock representing Mount Parnassus, upon which are carved in relief Apollo, the horse Pegasus, Philosophy and the Nine Muses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z According to tradition he saved himself and his wife, Pyrrha, from a deluge which Zeus had sent upon the earth, by building a ship which rested upon Mount Parnassus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The inhabitants wished us to stay with them some days, which would have given us an opportunity of witnessing the wedding ceremony, and also of making excursions to the snowy tops of Mount Parnassus. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The rain continued to fall, until, after many days, the waves covered all the surface of the earth except the summit of Mount Parnassus, the highest peak in Greece. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In Hellenic times a small district known as Doris in north Greece, between Mount Parnassus and Mount Oeta, counted as “Dorian” in a special sense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Ulysses was told about this, so, when he was a tall lad, he crossed the sea and drove in his chariot to the old man's house on Mount Parnassus. Tales of Troy and Greece At this season, women of Athens left their homes and sought the slopes of Mount Parnassus, to join the women of Delphi in savage rites celebrating the sufferings of Dionysus. Greek Women When the flood began to abate, the ark rested on Mount Parnassus, and Deucalion, with his wife Pyrrha, stepped forth upon the desolate earth. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning This glorious sisterhood was wont to assemble on Mount Parnassus or on Mount Helicon, to hold their learned debates on poetry, science, and music. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Delphi was a small town built in a sort of valley, shaped like an amphitheater, on the southern side of Mount Parnassus. Cyrus the Great Makers of History Let the young flower-seeker not fail to look for the interesting parnassia, or grass of Parnassus, so named by the learned Dioscodorus more than eighteen hundred years ago, who found it growing on Mount Parnassus. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly On this side, over the aforesaid window, Raffaello afterwards painted Mount Parnassus. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo He lived at the foot of Mount Parnassus, and was famous as a thief and swindler. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" After floating nine days, he landed on the summit of Mount Parnassus. Ancient States and Empires Mount Parnassus is north of the Peloponnesus, not very far from the shores of the Gulf of Corinth. Cyrus the Great Makers of History Garlands weaved on Mount Parnassus had no perfume for him, and to seek after them would have appeared in his eyes a frivolous, unmeaning pastime. My Recollections of Lord Byron She had brought with her a very dear friend, Miss Janet Dunton, the accomplished teacher in the Mount Parnassus Female Seminary. Duffels It was in the vicinity of Mount Parnassus and of the Castalian spring, places of very great renown in the Greek mythology. Xerxes Makers of History The painter Raphael Mengs, thus guided, appropriately executed in the Villa Albani the famous fresco of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Overbeck He has a roomy boxstall in the new Augean stable at the foot of Mount Parnassus. Tales of Fantasy and Fact After all, it is for each one of us to decide how widely our time and opportunities shall permit us to wander on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The Book-Hunter at Home A great many religious and historic subjects were used, besides some invented by Raphael himself, as when he represented Poetry by Mount Parnassus inhabited by all the great poets past and present. Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer When the waters abated the ship rested on Mount Othrys in Thessaly, or according to some on Mount Parnassus. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Helicon and Mount Parnassus appeared on one side; St. Anne, and Mary the wife of Cleophas with her children, were represented on the other. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Sisters of the sacred well: the Muses, said to frequent the fountain Helicon on Mount Parnassus. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language The most noted were at Dodona in Epirus, and at Delphi, at the foot of Mount Parnassus. History Of Ancient Civilization Was it not greater to reign over all Mount Parnassus than over a petty state in Italy? Dialogues of the Dead I need not describe the celebrated fountain of Vaucluse, near this town, where Petrarque composed his works, and established Mount Parnassus. A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 "Go to the cleft in Mount Parnassus," answered the nymph. Hero Tales A Mount Parnassus had been constructed, and a Helicon fountain upon it playing into a basin with four jets of Rhenish wine. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) DELPHI, a famous inland town of Phocis in Greece, with a temple and oracle of Apollo, situate near the foot of Mount Parnassus. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Probably this office was a source of considerable income, and as the journey from Chaeronea to Delphi, across Mount Parnassus, is a very short one, it interfered but little with his literary and municipal business. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I I was born in a fen near the foot of Mount Parnassus, commonly called the Logwood Bog. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 So might the young Odysseus have looked when he left his mother on his first journey to hunt the boar with his kinsfolk on Mount Parnassus. Elizabeth's Campaign One day Apollo left Coronis and her child, and went on a journey to visit his favorite home on Mount Parnassus. Old Greek Stories It was not unlike a masque; Apollo and the Muses appeared in costume on Mount Parnassus, but apparently there was no acting. Handel In Phocis, on the southern slope of Mount Parnassus, was Delphi. Outline of Universal History It lay within a deep cave on the rocky side of Mount Parnassus. Early European History They slowly climbed Mount Parnassus, and wandered through the oak wood on the north side, avoiding the beaten paths. Historical Miniatures Delphi is a town, built near the foot of Mount Parnassus, at the very center of the earth. Old Greek Stories Aristotle, accordingly, received the most scholarly attention from the recently united couple somewhere on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel The next morning, I strapped on my collecting-case, and explored Mount Parnassus. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Together they made excursions to the Falls, to the natural caves on the rocky hill called Mount Parnassus, or rowed on the lake, or walked or drove, as the mood seized them. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville I could see but little of them, as it was very late, except that one of the Countesses has a headdress exactly like the description of Mount Parnassus, with two tops. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 The Deluge came; the chest, or coffer, floated at the mercy of the waves for nine days and nine nights, and was finally stranded on Mount Parnassus. Atlantis : the antediluvian world Happening to be wool-gathering at the foot of Mount Parnassus, I was suddenly seized with a violent travestie in the head. Rejected Addresses The python lived in a cave on Mount Parnassus and there Apollo slew him. Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier By the second week the various offshoots of educational life began to sprout, and notices were posted of the annual elections of the two "literary societies," Iolanthe and Mount Parnassus. Missy Ulysses was told about this, so, when he was a tall lad, he crossed the sea and drove in his chariot to the old man’s house on Mount Parnassus. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities After Shelley's death he went to Greece with Byron, joined the rebel chief Odysseus, married his sister Tersitza, and was nearly killed in defending a cave on Mount Parnassus. Shelley |
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