Essay | Welcome to Mt. Olympus

The ground is moving! Zeus and Hera waltzed to the dance floor. Hiking is fun. Care for some more caviar, madam"

That might have been going on during the time land was taking form and when Greek deities ruled the world, all at the same place and same time. Well not exactly the same place, but at two different locations with identical names. Mount Olympus was what the ancient Greeks called the region. To mapmakers and geologists, Mount Olympus was the tallest mountain in Greece. But in Greek myths, Olympus was the "home of the Olympian gods" ("Mount Olympus," www.mythman.com). From the information gathered, it seems as though there certainly were two Mount Olympus's (or was it Olympuses") Either way, Olympus truly meant heaven.

The actual Mount Olympus was just like any ordinary triangle on every copy of the physical world map. Its height of 9,570 feet makes it the...
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