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Olympus or Olympos (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος) may refer to:
Whether you're looking for support topics, product manuals, firmware updates, product registration, service and warranty information, or just need to contact us, this is the place. Get started by choosing your product below. In Greek mythology Mount Olympus was the home of the gods who dwelt in fabulous palaces of marble and gold. Olympus is clearly described in Homer's Iliad. It was essentially an ancient acropolis-a fortified hill-top and palace complex-located just below the peaks of Mount Olympus.
Mountains[edit]
In antiquity[edit]
Greece[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Mount Olympus (Cyprus), the highest point (1952 m) on the island of Cyprus
In modern times[edit]
United States[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Mount Olympus, the 2,096-meter mountain range, which contains Mount Olympus Ski Area, located in the South Island of New Zealand
Solar System[edit]
- Olympus Mons (Mars), the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System
People[edit]
- Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of Ancient Greece
Olympus High School
Communities[edit]
Greece[edit]
- Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the island of Karpathos
- Dio-Olympos, Pieria, a municipal unit in the foothills of the mythic Mount Olympus
Turkey[edit]
- Olympos (Lycia), village in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park
United States[edit]
Olympus Re Global
- 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[edit]
Olympus Medical
- Olympus Corporation, a Japanese medical, scientific solution, optics and imaging company
- 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[edit]
- 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
Other[edit]
- Olympus (sculpture), a public artwork by Charles Ginnever in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
- 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
- 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
See also[edit]