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.

Bible-backed
Bible-carrier (A)
Bible Christians
Bible-Clerk
Bible Statistics
Biblia Pauperum [the poor man’s Bible]
Biblical
Bibliomancy
Bibulus
Biceps
Biceps Parnassus (Pers. Prol. 2)
Bickerstaff (Isaac)
Bioorn
Bid
Bid
Bid-ale
Bidding Beads
Bidding-Prayer
Biddy (i.e. Bridget)
Bideford Postman
Bidpai