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Adj. masc. plur. of castalius. Belonging or relating a: 1 ) Castalia, inspiring source of poetry, in Delphi. By extension, poetic; 2 ) the muses: 'castales goddesses'. In Greek and Roman mythology, Castalia was a 40 naiad nymph; «freshwater» ) daughter of Achelous. Apollo loved her, but she fled from him and dived into the source that had been at Delphi, at the foot of Mount Parnassus ( according to other versions of the mount Helicon ) since then so-called source of Castalia. Those who drank its waters or listened to their placid sound, this naiad could inspire the genius of poetry. Its sacred water was also used to clean the Delphic Temple. Apollo consecrated Castalia to the muses (Castaliae Musae ). Castalius is derived from the Latin «Castalius»; This, from the Greek 'kastálios'. ( Information taken from Wikipedia and the Dizionario Garzanti della lingua Italian. Milano, Italy )