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A number of different things are named Olympus:

Mountains

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 of Olympos 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;

New Zealand

• Mount Olympus[1] New Zealand, (2096 m) located in the South Island of New Zealand;

In modern times

United States

• Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula
• Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front

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 municipality in the Larissa Prefecture

Turkey

• Olympos, village in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park

United States

• Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills
• Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in the Corona Heights neighborhood
• Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
• Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place

Business

• Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optics and imaging company
• 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
• Mount Olympus Water Bottle Company

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

Other

• Olympus College, a high school in Arnhem, The Netherlands
• Olympus High School, a high school in Utah, USA
• USS Mount Olympus, a WWII US Navy ship

References

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος

Proper noun

Olympus

1. The highest mountain in Greece; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.

Translations

From BibleWiki

A titular see of Lycia in Asia Minor. It was one of the chief cities of the "Corpus Lyciacum", and was captured from the pirate, Zenicetas, by Servilius Isauricus who transported to Rome the statues and treasure he had stolen. Its ruins (a theatre, temple, and porticoes) are located south of the vilayet of Koniah, at Delik-Tash (Pierced Stone), so-called because of a large rock forming a natural arch. The town was built near Mount Olympus or Phoenicus, which gave forth constant fiery eruptions throughout antiquity; the ancients called it Chimaera and depicted it as a monster which had been vanquished by Bellerophon. Several ancient authors knew that this was only a natural phenomenon. (The Turks call it Yanar Tash -- Burning Stone.) Several "Notitiae Episcopatuum" mention Olympus among the suffragan sees of Myra until the thirteenth century. Only four bishops are known, one of whom was St. Methodius (q. v.).