Parnassus Collection

False apollo, white dragontail and clearwing swallowtail
False apollo, Archon apollinus 1, white dragontail, Lamproptera curius 2, and clearwing swallowtail, Cressida cressida 3, grass of parnassus, Parnassia palustris 4

Grass of parnassus, Parnassia palustris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Marsh grass of Parnassus or bog-star, Parnassia palustris
Le Chiendent du parnasse. Marsh grass of Parnassus or bog-star, Parnassia palustris. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les

Curtis British Entomology Plate 79
Coleoptera: Gyrinus bicolor (Elongated Whirl-wig or Whirligig Beetle) [Plant: Parnassia palustris (Grass of Parnassus)] Date: 1824-39

Deucalion and Flood
Zeus, angered by the sinfulness of mankind, causes it to rain and rain, until all drown except Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha whose ark lands up on Mount Parnassus

Nectarium of the crown imperial 1, grass of Parnassus 2, iris 3 and nasturtium 4.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

The Theatre and Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece Date: circa 1930s

Parnassos Oros
Mount Parnassus, near Delphi, is where Apollo and the Muses hang out : the other peak is sacred to Bacchus, hence the association of poets with wine and ale. Date: 1850

Greece Parnassos
Mount Parnassos (or Parnassus) near Delphi is associated with Apollo and the Muses, and consequently perceived as the source of poetry and music

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