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Mount Olympus   /maʊnt oʊlˈɪmpəs/   Listen
Mount Olympus

noun
1.
A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high).  Synonyms: Mt. Olympus, Olimbos, Olympus.






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"Mount Olympus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mount Olympus, who have witnessed all, now taunt each other with abetting the Trojans or Greeks, as the case may be. After this quarrel has raged some time, Jupiter bids Minerva go down, and violate the truce; so, in the guise of a warrior, ...
— The Book of the Epic • Helene A. Guerber

... more than ten to one anything that the Trojans themselves could oppose, and superior to the defenders of Troy even with all her allies included. It comprised heroes with their followers from the extreme points of Greece—from the northwestern portions of Thessaly under Mount Olympus, as well as the western islands of Dulichium and Ithaca, and the eastern islands of Crete and Rhodes. Agamemnon himself contributed 100 ships manned with the subjects of his kingdom Mycenae, besides furnishing 60 ships to the Arcadians, who possessed none of their ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 • Various

... involving the stealing of a horse-blanket worth about four dollars and a half. In the course of his argument he ranged with leisurely self-absorption, from ancient Egypt and the sacred Crocodile down through the dark ages, touching at Athens and Mount Olympus, reviewing Rome and the court of Charlemagne, winding up at four P. M. with an impassioned appeal to the jury to remember the power of environment upon his client. I could not remember how the suit came out, but I did ...
— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland



Words linked to "Mount Olympus" :   mountain peak, Greece, Ellas, Hellenic Republic



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