abstract:Mount Parnassus, also Parnassos (), is a mountain of 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 and the Corycian nymphs, and the home of the Muses.
Sligo got so excited after following to MountParnassus and its oracle the opium-loving Lord Byron that he started building his own temple of dreams in these wilds in 1815.
The event is called "Poetry Parnassus" -- named after MountParnassus, known in Greek mythology as the spiritual home of poetry, the stamping ground of the lyricist Orpheus and the hang-out for the Muses.