Ὄλυμπος
olympos
Olympus
Appears 97 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Ὄλυμπος, ὁ, Ep. also Οὔλυμπος, metri gr.,
‹ All lexicon entries Mount Olympus (in Thessaly, 1.56, etc.), conceived to be the seat of the gods, Od. 6.42, but distd. from heaven (οὐρανός), Il. 15.192 sq., cf. 5.867 sq. ; οὐρανὸς Οὔ. τε 5.750 (but = οὐρανός, sky, Od. 20.103, cf. 113) ; Κρονίωνα θεῶν ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ πολυδειράδος Οὐ. Il. 5.754 ; ἑκάστῳ (sc. θεῶν) δώματα καλὰ τέτυκτο κατὰ πτύχας Οὐλύμποιο 11.77, cf. 18.186 : in Att. = οὐρανός, a form of oath, οὐ τὸν Ὄ. OT 1088 (lyr.), cf. Ant. 758.
II. of other mountains, as in Mysia, 1.36, Fr. 522, Cyn. 11.1 ; in Laconia, 2.65.8 ; in Elis, 8.3.31 ; in Lycia, 14.3.8, cf. 14.5.7 ; in Cyprus, 14.6.3.
III. Adv. Ὄλυμπόνδε, in always Οὔλυμπόνδε, Il. 1.221, al. :—to, towards Olympus, O. 3.36, etc. ; Οὐλυμπόθεν, from O., P. 4.214.