Parnassus (disambiguation)
# Parnassus (disambiguation)

Mount Parnassus is a mountain in Greece, sacred in mythology and a metaphor for the arts and learning.

Parnassus or Parnassos may also refer to:

## Geography

### Greece and Rome

* Parnassos (municipality), a former municipality in Phocis, Greece, named for Mount Parnassus
* Parnassus (Cappadocia), an ancient Roman town in Asia Minor, a former Catholic diocese and present titular see

### New Zealand

* Parnassus, New Zealand, a town on the South Island

### United States

* Mount Parnassus (Colorado), a summit in the Rocky Mountains
* Mount Sutro, formerly Mount Parnassus, a hill in San Francisco, California
* Parnassus, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood of New Kensington, Pennsylvania

## Humanities

### Literature and mythology

* Parnassos, in myth, the son of the nymph Cleodora, and namesake of the mountain
* Parnassus plays, a comedic cycle originally performed at Cambridge University 1598–1602
* Parnassos, a Greek literary magazine published by the Parnassos Literary Society in Athens, 1877–1895
* Parnassus (literary magazine), the literary arts magazine of Northern Essex Community College, Massachusetts, founded in 1965
* Parnassus (magazine), an American literary magazine published in New York, 1973–2019

### Painting and sculpture

* Parnassus (Mantegna), a 1497 painting by Andrea Mantegna
* Parnassus (Poussin), a 1631–1633 painting by Nicolas Poussin
* The Parnassus, a 1511 painting by Raphael
* Frieze of Parnassus, an 1860s frieze on the Albert Memorial, London, England

## Other

* Parnassus (ship) – one of several vessels by that name
* Parnassos Strovolou, a Cypriot sports club in Strovolos
