Brewer's: Corycian Cave

(The), on Mount Parnassus; so called from the nymph Corycia. The Muses are sometimes called Corycides (4 syl.).

The immortal Muse To your calm habitations, to the cave Corycian ... will guide his footsteps.

Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.

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