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🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)

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  • Information
    mountain in northern Greece, home of the Olympian Gods
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491677
    Cult site of
    👥 the Muses personifications of poetry and music
    Place of birth of
    👤 Athena Olympian goddess👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god👥 the Muses personifications of poetry and music
    Place of death of
    👥 the Mares of Diomedes man-eating horses👥 the Giants
    Place of burial of
    👤 Orpheus husband of Eurydice
    Settled by
    👤 Aineias son of Aphrodite and Anchises, leader of the Dardanian contingent at Troy👤 Ascanios (s. of Aineias) son of Aineias👤 Anchises (Trojan) son of Capys, father of Aineias
    Settled from
    🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad
    Personification
    👤 Olympos (mountain god)
    Ruled by
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Hera Olympian goddess👤 Cronos Titan, father of Zeus
    Relics preserved on site
    🏛️ the Tomb of Orpheus (Mt Olympos) landmark near Leibethra🏺 the Bones of Orpheus
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Mount Olympos) 🏛️ the Palaces of the Gods (Olympos)  🌍 River Bephyras (Mt Olympos)  🏛️ the Tomb of Orpheus (Mt Olympos)  🏛️ the House of Hephaistos (Olympos) 🏛️ the Palace of Aphrodite  🌍 Flevia (Thrace)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadHesiod, TheogonyEuripides, Trojan WomenPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 2 to Demeter Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes Homeric Hymn 28 to Athena Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Homeric Hymn 15 to Heracles Homeric Hymn 19 to PanHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, EhoiaiAeschylus, Prometheus Bound Homeric Hymn 12 to HeraHesiod, Great EhoiaiPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Homeric Hymn 6 to AphroditeLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, On SacrificesLucian, Zeus RantsLucian, IcaromenippusCallimachus, Hymn to ZeusCallimachus, Hymn to ArtemisLucian, The HallLucian, Charon, or the InspectorsPindar, Olympian 1Pindar, Olympian 2Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPindar, Olympian 13Callimachus, Hymn to DelosPindar, Pythian 11Pindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Isthmian 4Pindar, Isthmian 7PindarD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, HippolytosPomponius MelaOvid, MetamorphosesLycophron, AlexandraStraboVergil, GeorgicsOvid, AmoresLucian, GoutLucian, Essays in Portraiture DefendedEuripides, Bacchae
    Depictions
    🏺 the Shield of Heracles
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