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"

Exact synonyms: Mount Parnassus, Parnassus
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liakoura

Lezgi
Lezgin
Lezgins
Lf dose
Lhasa
Lhasa apso
Lhasa apsos
Lhermitte's sign
Lhermitte sign
Lhotse
Li
Li-Fraumeni cancer syndrome
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
LiBeB process
Li Po
Liakoura
Liam
Liam O'Flaherty
Liana
Liao
Liao dynasty
Liaoning
Liatris
Liatris punctata
Liatris pycnostachya
Lib
Lib.
Lib Dem
Libby
Liberal

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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