Olympian
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- /oʊˈlɪp.i.ən/
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- Nor even by the loose standards of the Olympians did they often exhibit God like qualities.
- Olympian gods
So the Greeks had, you know, the pantheon of The Olympian gods who had displaced the Titans.
- So the Greeks had, you know, the pantheon of The Olympian gods who had displaced the Titans.
- There is not only a battle in heaven, so to speak, between The Olympian and the Titanic deities.
- That these were what the myths remember as The Olympian gods or the Anunnaki right that the Sumerians write about.
Examples
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There are 12 Olympian gods.
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Ixion was banished, but Zeus miraculously took pity on him and invited him to a Mount Olympian feast.
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He came to hold an Olympian view of himself and a rather Olympian perspective on other human beings.
Academic text (2011) -
"You're walking with an Olympian god," Sampson reminded me.
Fiction book (1995) -
So the Greeks had, you know, the pantheon of The Olympian gods who had displaced the Titans.
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The Pantheon, for example, was an architectural expression, at least in part, of the worship of Olympian gods and not of the cosmological concerns of Aboriginal Americans.
Academic text (2004) -
As for cheating celebrities, we tend to go easy on them, probably because they exist in a different realm than the rest of us; they are more like bickering Olympian gods and goddesses than ordinary bottom-dwellers like ourselves.
Academic text (2011) -
The twelve Olympian gods were revered in ancient Greek culture for their power and influence.
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In Greek mythology, each Olympian deity was associated with specific aspects of life and the universe.
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Many ancient temples were built to honor the Olympian gods, showcasing their importance in religious practices.
Compounds
An ancient Greek festival at Olympia with sports and religious ceremonies held every four years to honor Zeus
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Etymology
Olympian comes from Olympus, the mountain the ancient Greeks thought the main gods lived on, so it means 'of the gods' or grand and powerful.