Mount Olympus
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- proper noun
- /maʊnt ˈɒlɪmpəs/
- Literature
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Monte Olimpo
- Another was found in 1992 at an archaeological dig at Dion, a site in northern Greece at the foot of Mount Olympus.
Examples
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When hiking in Greece, many tourists dream of reaching the summit of Mount Olympus for its stunning views.
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You think you're nothing and you walk around looking out over the world like Jupiter on Mount Olympus.
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Mother coming down from Mount Olympus.
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It is not anywhere near Mount Olympus, and it's it.
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People say she was made from a thousand-year-old tree grown on the side of Mount Olympus.
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Back on Mount Olympus, the gods were panicking.
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Anyways, it was time to give these boys a little taste of old school suburban California street ball because Jimmy N's rain on Mount Olympus had come to an end.
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Born of a thousand-year-old tree on the side of Mount Olympus, struck by lightning, and carved by monks using the horn of a unicorn.
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BACK TO MOUNT OLYMPUS.
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According to ancient Greek mythology, the gods reside on Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece.
Synonyms
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A mountain in Greece that is the country's highest peak and the home of the gods in old Greek stories
A high mountain in northern Greece that old stories say is the home of the gods
A mountain in northeast Greece near the sea that ancient Greeks saw as the home of the gods
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'Mount' denotes a mountain and 'Olympus' is a proper name, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand it refers to the mountain called Olympus. The mythological sense (dwelling of the gods) is carried by the proper name rather than arising idiomatically from the combination, and the 'Mount + Name' pattern is cross-linguistically common, making the expression transparent.
Etymology
Mount Olympus is Greece's highest mountain that ancient people imagined as the place where the gods lived. Picture the gods sitting on the mountain top watching the world — this image made it known as the 'home of the gods', which explains its strong, mystical meaning today.