Olympus
Mount, a mountain in NE Greece, on the boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia: mythical abode of the greater Grecian gods. 9,730 feet (2,966 meters).
a mountain in NW Washington: highest peak of the Olympic Mountains. 7,954 feet (2,424 meters).
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How to use Olympus in a sentence
Du Maurier was one of the great names of British theatre, she regarded ‘a summons’ from him to be a ‘bugle call from Olympus.’
Tallulah Bankhead: Gay, Drunk and Liberated in an Era of Excess Art | Judith Mackrell | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMount Olympus has enough snow for skiers for three or four months of the year.
For its own part, KPMG missed a $1.7 billion accounting scandal at Japanese company Olympus.
How HP’s Disastrous Deal Blows a Hole in Consulting | Alex Klein | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen Declan tried to capture Venus in the frame of our borrowed Olympus hand-held camera.
Seeing the luggage piled “Olympus high,” so as to occasion an alarming oscillation.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
And during that time they were gods, real live dwellers on Olympus, flaming Joves to poor mortal Semeles.
Jaffery | William J. LockeAt the extremity of the Taurus is Olympus a mountain,251 the piratical hold of Zenicetus, and a fortress of the same name.
The name of the promontory is Olympus, and upon it is a temple of Venus Acræa, not to be approached nor seen by women.
She held herself as straight as a young poplar and she walked the earth as though she had come straight from Olympus.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for Olympus
/ (əʊˈlɪmpəs) /
Mount Olympus a mountain in NE Greece: the highest mountain in Greece, believed in Greek mythology to be the dwelling place of the greater gods. Height: 2911 m (9550 ft): Modern Greek name: Ólimbos
Mount Olympus a mountain in NW Washington: highest peak of the Olympic Mountains. Height: 2427 m (7965 ft)
a poetic word for heaven
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