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Olympus. 6. Olympus, the abode of the gods also requires a few words of comment in this place. Mount Olympus is situated in the north-east of Thessaly, and is about 6,000 feet high; on its summit which rises above the clouds of heaven, and is itself cloudless, Hephaestus had built a town with gates, which was inhabited by Zeus and the other gods.
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Written by an editorial team based in the Faculty, The Cambridge Greek Lexicon, which has been twenty years in the making, covers the most widely read ancient literary texts, from Homer to the Hellenistic poets, the later historians, and the New Testament Gospels and Acts of the Apostles.
Jun 23, 2014 · The text survives in a number of late manuscripts, in a somewhat contaminated and abridged form known as the “full version”. An epitome of the 9th century also exists. There is also a papyrus fragment from the 2nd-3rd century ( P.Ryl . iii, 532), plus quotations in Photius and scholia.
With an established reputation as the most important modern dictionary for Ancient Greek, it brings together 140,000 headwords taken from the literature, papyri, inscriptions and other sources of the archaic period up to the 6th Century CE, and occasionally beyond.
Presented with the lyre. by Apollo, and instructed by the Muses in its use, he enchanted with its music not only the wild beasts, but the trees and rocks upon Olympus, so that they moved from their places to follow the sound of his golden harp.
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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.
