Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain range of northern Greece near the Aegean coast. It rises to 2,919 m (9,577 ft) at Mount Olympus, the highest point in Greece and home of the mythical Greek gods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, the abode of the gods: identified in classical Greek times with Mount Olympus in Thessaly, later used for a supposed home of the gods in or beyond the sky; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to heaven.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A mountain in Northeastern Greece; -- it was believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The highest
mountain inGreece ; in Ancient Greek mythology the home of the gods.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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)
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Examples
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The Lion of Olympus is dead — again — and all his friends come to mourn his passing.
March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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The Lion of Olympus is dead — again — and all his friends come to mourn his passing.
23 « March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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The Lion of Olympus is dead — again — and all his friends come to mourn his passing.
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Olympus is showing the $449 SP-590 Ultra Zoom, with a 26x zoom.
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No one would take seriously the idea that Zeus is literally sitting in Olympus right now.
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But Olympus is different: its lower slopes are wreathed in mist and cloud, so that the mountain itself seems to be floating in mid-air, remote, ethereal and shining, like another, whiter cloud; an angular cloud; a cloud, perhaps by Epstein.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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Here also I first tasted pulque; and on a first impression it appears to me, that as nectar was the drink in Olympus, we may fairly conjecture that Pluto cultivated the maguey in his dominions.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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In his interview with Reuters on Thursday, he called Olympus "a fiefdom, a kingdom," and added that "Kikukawa is the emperor."
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Nathan, your work on the Image title Olympus was very highly acclaimed by critics, readers, and your peers.
comicbookbin.com 2010
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"Last evening brought us to the moment when the rescue party, having entered Volcano Bay, were about to land at the foot of the great mountain, called Olympus -- the Hili-li synonym for Mount preceding the name Olympus when the peak, some eight miles high, was referred to.
A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake
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