Μount Parnassus
Greece /
Fthiytis /
Amfiklia /
World
/ Greece
/ Fthiytis
/ Amfiklia
, 9 km from center (Αμφίκλεια)
World / Greece / Stereá Elláda
mountain, park, ancient, holy site / sacred place
Mount Parnassus is a mountain of barren 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, the Corycian nymphs, and the home of the Muses. The mountain was also favored by the Dorians. The name Parnassos seems etymologically related to the pre-Greek Substratum language (some call Pelasgian) that made use of *-ssos in placenames (eg. Knossos). *Parna- it has been suggested is derived from the same root as the word in Hittite meaning House.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnassos
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°33'2"N 22°32'14"E
- Mount Helicon 6.7 km
- Mount Geraneia 64 km
- Mt. Kithairon 64 km
- Pateras Mountains 70 km
- Mount Parnitha 94 km
- Mount Dirfis 104 km
- Mount Egaleo 104 km
- Aegina 116 km
- Mount Hymettus 122 km
- Mount Penteli 123 km
- National Park Parnassou 1.9 km
- Parnassos Ski resort 4.5 km
- Cemetery 9 km
- Football (soccer) Field. 10 km
- ΕLIΝ 12 km
- Amfiklia Substation 13 km
- Ancient City of Tithronion 14 km
- Peripheral unit of Phocis 26 km
- Peripheral unit of Phthiotis 38 km
- Peripheral unit of Boeotia 53 km