Castalia
noun
a spring on Mount Parnassus: in ancient Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses and believed to be a source of inspiration
Castalian
-
a word derived from
Castalia.
Example Sentences
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This survived through five issues, not to appear again until 1890 when the independents revived it as the Castalian, also merged in 1893 in the Michiganensian.
From The University of Michigan by Wilfred Shaw
They were in a building near by, which had been used as barracks by the Castalian army.
From Captain Jinks, Hero by Daniel Carter Beard
To the left the highroad turns sharply round a rock in the direction of the Castalian fountain.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens
No tittle-tattle To make a single thought of mine an alien From thee, my coffee-pot, my fount Castalian.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Castalian, kas-tā′li-an, adj. pertaining to Castalia, a fountain in Parnassus, sacred to Apollo and the Muses.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
