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Ὄλυμπος

Ὄλυμπος, Olympus

Ὄλυμπος, ὁ, Ep. also Οὔλυμπος, metri gr.,
  • Mount Olympus (in Thessaly, Hdt. 1.56, etc.), conceived to be the seat of the gods, Od. 6.42, but distd. from heaven (οὐρανός), Il. 15.192 sq., cf. 5.867 sq.; οὐρανὸς Οὔ. τε 5.750 (but = οὐρανός, sky, Od. 20.103, cf. 113); Κρονίωνα θεῶν ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ πολυδειράδος Οὐ. Il. 5.754; ἑκάστῳ (sc. θεῶν) δώματα καλὰ τέτυκτο κατὰ πτύχας Οὐλύμποιο 11.77, cf. 18.186: in Att. = οὐρανός, a form of oath, οὐ τὸν Ὄ. S. OT 1088 (lyr.), cf. Ant. 758.
    • II of other mountains, as in Mysia, Hdt. 1.36, S. Fr. 522, X. Cyn. 11.1; in Laconia, Plb. 2.65.8; in Elis, Str. 8.3.31; in Lycia, Id. 14.3.8, cf. 14.5.7; in Cyprus, Id. 14.6.3.
    • III Adv. Ὄλυμπόνδε, in Hom. always Οὔλυμπόνδε, Il. 1.221, al.:—to, towards Olympus, Pi. O. 3.36, etc.; Οὐλυμπόθεν, from O., Id. P. 4.214.

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