Post by Geoff on Aug 17, 2009 15:48:42 GMT
The poet and songwriter Robert Burns wrote affectionately about Corsencon, "O' Were I on Parnassus Hill".
Parnassus, a limestone hulk, became associated with Apollo. As the home of the Muses, Parnassus became known as the home of poetry, music, and learning. The Craigdullyart limeworks are still visible from Corsencon Hill.
In Greek legend, a city below Parnassus was flooded by torrential rain. The survivors built another city, and called it Lykoreia, which in Greek means "the howling of the wolves."
Corsencon can translate into Cross of the Dog/Wolf.
www.pantheon.org/articles/p/python.html
Is this Burns' Parnassus Python:
www.flickr.com/photos/32963298@N03/
It's the longest conveyer belt in Europe, stretching 12 km from behind Parnassus Hill to the railway junction at NC.
Parnassus, a limestone hulk, became associated with Apollo. As the home of the Muses, Parnassus became known as the home of poetry, music, and learning. The Craigdullyart limeworks are still visible from Corsencon Hill.
In Greek legend, a city below Parnassus was flooded by torrential rain. The survivors built another city, and called it Lykoreia, which in Greek means "the howling of the wolves."
Corsencon can translate into Cross of the Dog/Wolf.
www.pantheon.org/articles/p/python.html
Is this Burns' Parnassus Python:
www.flickr.com/photos/32963298@N03/
It's the longest conveyer belt in Europe, stretching 12 km from behind Parnassus Hill to the railway junction at NC.