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Definition of Liakoura
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry. "Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus"
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liakoura
Literary usage of Liakoura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Folklore Researches: Greek Folk Poesy by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1896)
"For he and I amid the snows of liakoura reign only.' ' O Eagle of liakoura, my
best beloved comrade, 'Tis thou and I who o'er the snows of ..."
2. The Customs and Lore of Modern Greece by Rennell Rodd (1892)
"... however, will hardly bear translation, the spirit and the expression are too
closely wedded ; at its close, the summit of liakoura (Parnassus) cries:— . ..."
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