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Olympus or Olympos (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυμπος) may refer to:
Mountains
See also: List of peaks named Olympus
In antiquity
Greece
- Mount Olympus in Macedonia, 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
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
People
- Olympus (musician), two semi-mythical musicians from the time of Ancient Greece
Communities
Greece
- Olympos, Karpathos, a town on the Karpathos Island
- Dio-Olympos, Pieria, a municipal unit in the foothils of the mythic Mount Olympus
Turkey
- Olympos (Lycia), village in the heart of the Olympos coastal national park
United States
- Washington, D.C.
- Mount Olympus, Los Angeles, California, a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills
- Mount Olympus, San Francisco, California, in the Ashbury Heights neighborhood
- Mount Olympus, Indiana, an unincorporated place
- Mount Olympus, Utah, a census-designated place
Business
- Olympus Corporation, a Japanese 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
- Olympos (novel), a science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons
- Olympus Rally, a motorsport event in the Washington State, USA
- The Battle of Olympus, a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
- Olympus (Marvel Comics), a fictional location in Marvel Comics
- Twilight in Olympus, a 1998 album by progressive metal band Symphony X
- Olympos is a board game from Philippe Keyaerts published by Rio Grande Games
- Percy Jackson (novel), a book based on Greek mythology and the Olympian gods by Rick Riordan
- Olympus Has Fallen, a 2013 American action thriller film
- Olympus (TV series), a 2015 Canadian fantasy television series that premiered on Syfy on April 2, 2015
Other
- 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 College, a high school in Arnhem, The Netherlands
- Olympus High School, a high school in Utah, USA
- USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8), a WWII US Navy ship
See also
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