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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The nearest troops to them are at Castalian Springs, nine miles away.
From Raiding with Morgan by Byron A. (Byron Archibald) Dunn
The low native houses, the fine buildings of the Castalian city, the palms, the Eastern costumes—all made a scene not to be forgotten.
From Captain Jinks, Hero by Daniel Carter Beard
Bright beams the radiant sun; Clear runs and pure his bright Castalian fountain.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
This continued until 1891 when the Palladium finally absorbed the Castalian, the annual of the independents, and Res Gestae, the law annual, and became at last a representative University publication.
From The University of Michigan by Wilfred Shaw
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
