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Olympus|əʊˈlɪmpəs|
(Also 6 Olimp.)
[L. Olympus, a. Gr. Ὄλυµπος name of several lofty mountains, each app. the highest in its own district; esp. that mentioned below.]
A mountain in the north of Thessaly, the fabled abode of the greater gods of ancient Greek mythology; hence applied to heaven as the divine abode; rarely, to the sky.
[1549Compl. Scot. Epistle 3 Vndir the machine of the supreme olimp. Ibid. v. 32.]
1580Stanyhurst Upon the Death of Ld. G. Fitzgirald in æneid, etc. (Arb.) 152 Thy soul God gladdeth with saincts in blessed Olympus. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. iii. 30 As if Olympus to a Mole-hill should In supplication Nod. 1715–20Pope Iliad. i. 551 To move thy suit I'll go To great Olympus crown'd with fleecy snow. 1878J. Payn By Proxy I. iii. 25 The gods of the Buddhist Olympus. 1879Froude Cæsar ii. 16 The Greeks introduced them to an Olympus of divinities. |