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Definition of Mount Olympus
1. 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).
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Derivative terms: Olympian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mount Olympus
Literary usage of Mount Olympus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Weather by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Rose/Graf, Mike Graf, Nancy Schoefl, Evan-Moor (Firm (2002)
"Up to 200 (508 cm) inches of precipitation falls annually on the west side of
Mount Olympus, while only 20 inches (51 cm) of rain falls in the town of ..."
2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"... to Mount Olympus. §8. Preparations of the Greeks to resist Xerxes. Congress of
the Grecian states at the Isthmus of Corinth. §9. ..."
3. Stepping Stones to Literature by Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1897)
"Mount Olympus AND ITS INHABITANTS.1 Mount Olympus was shut out from the people who
... On this Mount Olympus, where the gods lived, each had his own house; ..."
4. Weather by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Rose/Graf, Mike Graf, Nancy Schoefl, Evan-Moor (Firm (2002)
"Up to 200 (508 cm) inches of precipitation falls annually on the west side of
Mount Olympus, while only 20 inches (51 cm) of rain falls in the town of ..."
5. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"... to Mount Olympus. §8. Preparations of the Greeks to resist Xerxes. Congress of
the Grecian states at the Isthmus of Corinth. §9. ..."
6. Stepping Stones to Literature by Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1897)
"Mount Olympus AND ITS INHABITANTS.1 Mount Olympus was shut out from the people who
... On this Mount Olympus, where the gods lived, each had his own house; ..."
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