Biceps Parnassus (Pers. Prol. 2)
, i.e. Parnassus with two heads or tops (bis caput).
“Nec fonte labra prolui caballino,
Nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnasso
Memini, ut repente sic poeta prodireir
Persius: Satires (prologue.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.