Olympus Explained

Olympus or Olympos (grc|Ὄλυμπος|link=no) may refer to:

Mountains

See also: List of peaks named Olympus.

In antiquity

Greece

• Mount Olympus in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology
• Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Lesbos
• Mount Olympus (Euboea), located in Euboea
• Mount Olympus (Attica), located in East Attica
• Mount Olympus (Skyros), located in Skyros
• Mount Lykaion, located in Arcadia

Turkey

• Mysian Olympus (present-day Uludağ), in northwest Turkey
• Paphlagonian Olympus (present-day Arıt Dağı near Bartın)
• Mount Nif (present-day Nif Dağı in Aegean Turkey)
• Lycian Olympus (present-day Tahtalı Dağı near Kemer)

Cyprus

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

In modern times

United States

• Mount Olympus (Washington), on the Olympic Peninsula
• Mount Olympus (Utah), on the Wasatch Front
• Mount Olympus (San Francisco), in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood

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

Communities

Greece

• Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the island of Karpathos
• Dio-Olympos, Pieria, a municipal unit in the foothills of the mythic Mount Olympus

Turkey

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

United States

• Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills, California
• Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
• Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place

Business

• Olympus Corporation, a Japanese medical and scientific solution company, that previously produced optics and imaging
• OM Digital Solutions, formed when Olympus Corporation split off its photography and audio recording businesses
• Olympus tension leg platform, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
• Rolls-Royce Olympus, a jet engine and marine turbine
• Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
• Olympus, a codename for the third version of phpBB, phpBB3

Entertainment

• Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons
• Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA
• Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location in Marvel Comics
• Olympus (TV series), a 2015 Canadian fantasy television series
• Mount Olympus, a major location in the 1997 Disney animated film Hercules

Other

• Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of Ancient Greece
• Olympus (mythology), son of Heracles and Euboea in Greek mythology
• Olympus (sculpture), a public artwork by Charles Ginnever in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
• Olympus High School, a high school in Utah, USA
• USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), a World War II US Navy ship
• Olympus-1, damaged and decommissioned communications satellite
• Optare Olympus, a British double-decker bus
• Olympus, a New Zealand company sailing ship the brought 159 settlers to Wellington, New Zealand, in 1840
• Olympus, an alternate name for Bigelow Aerospace's BA 2100 spacecraft
• FC Olimp Ungheni, the name of the Moldovan football club CS Moldova-03 Ungheni during 2008–2011

See also

• Olympe (disambiguation)
• Olympia (disambiguation)