Olympus the Mighty,Home of Granpa Zeus

Olympus ,the mighty King of All Hellenic Mountains,Home of the 12 Gods.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt_Olympus

My village is right in the foot of the mountain.

Originally posted by Ikki Have anybody find arqueological sites in the mountain?

Although there are references by ancient writers of the existence of apartments of Gods and worshipping centers at Olympus, although there is evidence by modern travellers and explorers of Olympus on remnants of ancient temples and altars, although many ceramic plates have been found on many peaks (most important, in 1961 stone plates with writings and coins were found at the Agios Antonios peak), still no archaeological research has been driven till today on the main volume of Olympus.

In Dion, as the name suggests in Greek, Zeus (Dias) was warshipped, whose sanctuary has not been found yet. In this important ancient city took place the "Olympia of Zeus", festivities and a theater competition. The Olympia lasted 9 days, each of which bore the name of one of the Muses, daughters of Zeus, born and worshipped, according to Mythology, in ancient Pieria, before they moved to Elikon and all of southern Greece. Ιt is not known during what part of the year the Olympia took place, though.

In summer 1985 an ancient cemetery was discovered 4 km SW of Dion, near Agios Vassilios, at the feet of Olympus, with many graves and important pieces of art.

At the western part of Olympus, Thessaliki, where existed another ancient city, Pythion, there was a named Apollo temple, but neither here has any arcaeological research been effected. There exist only remnants of the ancient walls and it is speculated that the city existed at the same position as the homonymous modern village and hill, where the deserted small church of Agioi Apostoloi is situated.

On the main Olympus volume many symmetrical ceramic plates have been found or mentioned by older explorers and climbers, 30 x 40 x 3 cm., spread on some peaks under the form of circular floors; almost similar plates have been found at the archaeological site of Dion. Remnants of these ceramic plates, some big pieces and many small ones, can be found even today on the peaks Pagos, Kalogeros, Fragou Aloni, Metamorphosi, Kakavrakos, Pyrgos and Diakoptis.

The most important archaeological findings of Olympus were found unexpectedly in 1961, during the works on the Agios Antonios peak, 2817 m., for the installation of an Observatory of the University of Thessaloniki.

 

http://www.oreivatein.com/page/mountains/m_o/olympos/e_olympo.htm

I didn't ,shamefull.......

Originally posted by Zagros Aren't there several mt Olympuses?� I am sure there is one in Crete also.

Except the famous Olympus,and this in Crete there are several mountains named Olympus in Greece:
in Lesvos,Attica/Anavyssos,Euboia,Cyprus,Carpathus(I think from this village/mountain Leonidas is from),Elis,Skyros and in Minor Asia in Bithynia and Mysia.Also Lykaion mountain in Arcadia was called sometimes in antiquity as Olympus.

Originally posted by Yiannis ...

It's incredible what you say Yiannis, a place with a clear religious vocation, that surely have archeological richnnes not seriously researched.

i am 100% sure that christians would have made sure to eliminate everything that is greek from our holy mountain. 

Well, it's not Chomolungma (or Mt. Everest as some know it)  but it's almost 3,000 meters high... The highest mountain in Greece.

Olympos in Karpathos , should be great there, back to the roots.


Olympus is the highest mountain in planet Mars.

Olympus Mons (Latin, "Mount Olympus") is the tallest known volcano and mountain in our solar system, and the highest in the known universe.