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
Literature 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, an American art journal published from 1929–1941, until it changed its name to College Art Journal Parnassus (1973 magazine), an American literary magazine published in New York, 1973–2019 Parnassus (Northern Essex Community College), the literary arts magazine of Northern Essex Community College, Massachusetts, founded in 1965
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 uses Parnassos, in myth, the son of the nymph Cleodora, and namesake of the mountain – one of several vessels by that name Parnassos Strovolou, a Cypriot sports club in Strovolos
See also Montparnasse, a neighbourhood in Paris Parnassia, a plant genus Parnassius, a butterfly genus Parnassianism, a 19th-century French literary movement The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a 2009 fantasy film