A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.

in Greek mythology Parnassus was the mountain dwelling of the gods. The implication of Fux's "Steps to Parnassus" was that a composer, having climbed Parnassus, would have achieved a perfect compositional technique.

(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"