English to afrikaans meaning of

parnassus

Volgens die woordeboek verwys Parnassus na 'n berg in sentraal-Griekeland, wat tradisioneel beskou word as die tuiste van die Muses, die Griekse godinne van die kunste. Die term "Parnassus" word dikwels figuurlik gebruik om na die wêreld van letterkunde, poësie en die kunste in die algemeen te verwys.

Synonyms

  1. liakoura
  2. mount parnassus

Sentence Examples

  1. The highest peak of our Parnassus is, according to these gentlemen, by far the most thickly settled portion of the country, a circumstance which must make it an uncomfortable residence for individuals of a poetical temperament, if love of solitude be, as immemorial tradition asserts, a necessary part of their idiosyncrasy.
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