Olympus
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
- Turkey
- 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
- New Zealand
- Mount Olympus New Zealand, (2096 m) located in the South Island of New Zealand[5]
- Mars
- Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano and mountain in the solar system
Persons
Communities
- Greece
- Turkey
- United States
- 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
Entertainment
Other
References
- ^ George E. Bean. Aegean Turkey: An archaeological guide ISBN 978-0510032005, 1967. Ernest Benn, London.
- ^ Kohl, H.R. (1999-08-01). "Greek, but islands apart". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/aug/01/travel/tr-61522.
- ^ 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. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Olympus.
- ^ "Mount Olympus, Canterbury, New Zealand". http://www.mtolympus.co.nz.