Olympus
Mountains
See also: List of peaks named Olympus
In antiquity
A total of nineteen mountains were referred to as Olympos (in Greek) or Olympus (Latin variation of the Greek Ὄλυμπος) in antiquity.[1][2] Some of these mountains are:
- Greece
- Mount Olympus in Pieria, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology
- Mount Olympus in Lesvos
- Mount Olympus in Euboea
- Mount Olympus in Lavreotiki
- Mount Olympus in Skyros
- Mount Olympus in Arcadia
- Turkey
- Mysian Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey
- Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Mount Arıt near Bartın)[3]
- The present-day Mount Nif in Aegean Turkey, near İzmir's depending district of Kemalpaşa, a town which carried the same name as the mountain previously (Nif)[4]
- The valley and town of Olympos (Lycia) in ancient Lycia on the southern coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya, near the town of Kemer
- Cyprus
- Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus
The word "Olympus" is probably pre-Greek in origin, as it has no known Indo-european etymology. It is most probably associated with tall mountain peaks, as it was used for several mountains that dominate their locale.
In modern times
- United States
- Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula
- Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front
- New Zealand
- Mount Olympus New Zealand, (2096 m) located in the South Island of New Zealand[5]
- Planet Mars
- Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in the solar system
Persons
- Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of ancient Greece
Communities
- Greece
- Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Karpathos Island
- Olympos, Larissa, a municipal unit in the Larissa regional unit
- Turkey
- Olympos (Lycia), village in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park
- United States
- Washington, D.C.
- Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills
- Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood
- Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
- Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place
Business
- Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optics and imaging company, producer of Olympus Cameras
- Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
- Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- Olympus (phpBB), a codename for the third version of phpBB
Entertainment
- Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons
- Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA
- The Battle of Olympus, a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
- Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location in Marvel Comics
- Twilight in Olympus, a 1998 album by progressive metal band Symphony X
- Olympos is a board game from Philippe Keyaerts published by Rio Grande Games
- Percy Jackson (novel), a book based on Greek mythology and the Olympian gods by Rick Riordan
Other
- Olympus, an alternate name for Bigelow Aerospace's BA 2100 spacecraft
- FC Olimp Ungheni, the name of the Moldovan football club CS Moldova-03 Ungheni during 2008-2011
- Olympus College, a high school in Arnhem, The Netherlands
- Olympus High School, a high school in Utah, USA
- USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), a WWII US Navy ship
References
- ^ George E. Bean. Aegean Turkey: An archaeological guide ISBN 978-0-510-03200-5, 1967. Ernest Benn, London.
- ^ Kohl, H.R. (1999-08-01). "Greek, but islands apart". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ William Ainsworth (1839). Notes on a Journey from Constantinople, by Heraclea, to Angora, in the Autumn of 1838, p. 236. Royal Geographical Society, London.
- ^ "Olympus". Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. 1911.
- ^ "Mount Olympus, Canterbury, New Zealand".
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