- Parnassus⇄expr. try (or strive) to climb Parnassus, to try to write poetry.
Ex. There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme (James Russell Lowell). - Parnassus⇄Parnassus, noun.
1a. the fabled mountain of poets, whose summit is their goal.
b. any gathering place for poets.
2. a collection of poems, belles-lettres, or the like.