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Olympus Olympus or Olympos (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος) may refer to: 1 Mountains See also: List of peaks named Olympus 1.1 In antiquity Greece Mount Olympus in Macedonia, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology Mount Olympus (Attica), located in East Attica Mount Olympus (Euboea), located in Euboea Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Lesbos Mount Olympus (Skyros), located in Skyros Mount Lykaion, located in Arcadia Turkey Lycian Olympus (present-day Tahtalı Dağı near Ke- mer) The present-day Mount Nif in Aegean Turkey Mysian Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Arıt Dağı near Bartın) Cyprus Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus 1.2 In modern times United States Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula New Zealand Mount Olympus, the 2,096-meter mountain range, which contains Mount Olympus Ski Area, located in the South Island of New Zealand Solar System Olympus Mons (Mars), the tallest known volcano and mountain in the solar system 2 People Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of Ancient Greece 3 Communities Greece Dio-Olympos, Pieria, a municipal unit in the foothils of the mythic Mount Olympus Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Karpathos Is- land Turkey Olympos (Lycia), village in the heart of the Olym- pos coastal national park United States Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neigh- borhood in the Hollywood Hills 1

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Olympus

Olympus or Olympos (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος) mayrefer to:

1 Mountains

See also: List of peaks named Olympus

1.1 In antiquity

Greece

• Mount Olympus in Macedonia, northern Greece,the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greekmythology

• Mount Olympus (Attica), located in East Attica

• Mount Olympus (Euboea), located in Euboea

• Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Lesbos

• Mount Olympus (Skyros), located in Skyros

• Mount Lykaion, located in Arcadia

Turkey

• Lycian Olympus (present-day Tahtalı Dağı near Ke-mer)

• The present-day Mount Nif in Aegean Turkey

• MysianOlympus (present-dayUludağ), in northwestTurkey

• Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Arıt Dağı nearBartın)

Cyprus

• Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952m) on the island of Cyprus

1.2 In modern times

United States

• Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front

• Mount Olympus (Washington), on the OlympicPeninsula

New Zealand

• Mount Olympus, the 2,096-meter mountain range,which contains Mount Olympus Ski Area, locatedin the South Island of New Zealand

Solar System

• Olympus Mons (Mars), the tallest known volcanoand mountain in the solar system

2 People• Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musiciansfrom the time of Ancient Greece

3 CommunitiesGreece

• Dio-Olympos, Pieria, a municipal unit in thefoothils of the mythic Mount Olympus

• Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Karpathos Is-land

Turkey

• Olympos (Lycia), village in the heart of the Olym-pos coastal national park

United States

• Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place

• Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neigh-borhood in the Hollywood Hills

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2 7 SEE ALSO

• Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in theAshbury Heights neighborhood

• Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place

• Washington, D.C.

4 Business

• Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, WisconsinDells, Wisconsin

• Olympus Corporation, a Japanese optics and imag-ing company

• Olympus tension leg platform, an oil rig in the Gulfof Mexico

• Olympus, a codename for the third version of ph-pBB, phpBB3

• Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine tur-bine

5 Entertainment

• The Battle of Olympus, a video game for the Nin-tendo Entertainment System

• Olympos is a board game from Philippe Keyaertspublished by Rio Grande Games

• Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location inMarvel Comics

• Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel byAmericanauthor Dan Simmons

• Olympus (TV series), a 2015 Canadian fantasy tele-vision series that premiered on Syfy onApril 2, 2015

• Olympus Has Fallen, a 2013American action thrillerfilm

• Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washing-ton State, US

• Percy Jackson (novel), a book based on Greekmythology and the Olympian gods by Rick Riordan

• Twilight in Olympus, a 1998 album by progressivemetal band Symphony X

6 Others

• Olympus, an alternate name for BigelowAerospace’sBA 2100 spacecraft

• FC Olimp Ungheni, the name of the Moldovan foot-ball club CS Moldova-03 Ungheni during 2008-2011

• Olympus College, a high school in Arnhem, TheNetherlands

• Olympus High School, a high school in Utah, USA

• USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), a WWII US Navyship

7 See also• Olympe (disambiguation)

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