Olympus

Mount_Olympus-JP2.jpg Mt. Olympus a real place?
Yes, Mt. Olympus is a real place. It is located in in the borders of Thessaly and Macedonia. It is the highest mountain range in Greece at 9,577 feet high. (2,919 meters)Thousand of people climb to its summit every year.

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Hellenistic Olympus
The ancient greeks believed that the 12 Olympians lived up on the mountain in a huge palace. There are many reasons why this makes sense. First, they could not climb to the top of the mountain because they did not have the technology and because the mountain is so high if one tried and climb to the summit without proper training and technology they would not be able to make it.

It would also make sense that there palace is placed on the highest point in Greece. Kings palaces would be placed on elevated places so that they would get a view and a nice breeze, while the commoners would have to live in the lowlands near there farms. By "placing" there gods palace on the highest point in Greece they where reminding them selfs that they are not the rulers of there world, and they should not commit hubris against the gods.