He saw a likeness between a local hill and the Greek Mount Parnassus, mythical home of the god Apollo and the Muses.
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The municipal unit Gravia is situated in the foothills of the mountains Giona and Parnassus.
In the familiar theme of the hero's early eclipse and exile, he escaped to Phanote on Mount Parnassus, where King Strophius took charge of him.
Athamas married Themisto as he believed his second wife, Ino, was dead, but Ino turned out to be alive and to have been on Mount Parnassus with the Maenads.