to climb parnassus

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to climb parnassus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Parnassus \Par*nas"sus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anc. Geog. & Gr.
     Myth.)
     A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and
     famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring.
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     Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and
        Parnassia.
  
     To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
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