Synonyms:
Olympus, Mount_Olympus, Mt._Olympus, Olimbos
Meaning: 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)
Usage examples
MOUNT OLYMPUS
"Is this Mount Olympus?" asks the unbelieving stranger.
It was not to Mount Olympus that our friend Bold betook himself.
But Athena soared up to Olympus, when they had escaped unscathed.
Olympus must have roared at my coming. The world, knowing me not, could judge me by my clothes alone.
To the outward and uninitiated eye, Mount Olympus is a somewhat humble spot,--undistinguished, unadorned,--nay, almost mean.
Not far removed from Mount Olympus, but somewhat nearer to the blessed regions of the West, is the most favoured abode of Themis.
Thus died Hercules, and after his death he was received as a god amongst the Immortals on Mount Olympus, where he married Hebe, Jove's cupbearer.
For by her power the winds and the sea and all the earth below and the snowy seat of Olympus are complete; and to her, when from the mountains she ascends the mighty heaven, Zeus himself, the son of Cronos, gives place.
And he sung the song of Perseus, how the Gods led him over land and sea, and how he slew the loathly Gorgon, and won himself a peerless bride; and how he sits now with the Gods upon Olympus, a shining star in the sky, immortal with his immortal bride, and honoured by all men below.