Castalian

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Etymology

Latin Castalius

Adjective

Castalian (not comparable)

  1. (mythology) Of or relating to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses.
    Castalian spring
    Castalian Band
    • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      that sweet grove Of Daphne by Orontes, and th'inspir'd Castalian spring

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