Mount Olympus from below. Credit: Christo Vlachos/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0
Posted on 11/13/2021 8:53:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Many outside of Greece believe that Mount Olympus — like Atlantis — is a mythical location that exists only in Greek mythology, says Greek journalist and director Athina Krikeli.
Krikeli, who has lived in the United States for the past 25 years, spoke about her experience on the subject to the Athens News Agency radio station. Over the past decade, Krikeli has been working on a series of documentaries with the goal of making the famous mountain — the tallest in Greece — known worldwide...
“After showing the first short documentary about Olympus, initially in New York and then in some universities in America, I realized that the reaction everywhere was the same: But does Olympus exist? Is it not a mythical mountain?”
...Mount Olympus is one of the great treasures of Greece. It is a famous not only because of Greek mythology but because of its great beauty and the challenging climbs it offers to adventurers.
For untold thousands of years, it has inspired hundreds of stories and myths.
The peak of Olympus was reached for the first time on August 2, 1913 by the Swiss climbing team of Frédéric Boissonnas and Daniel Baud-Bovy, who were assisted by a mountain guide called Christos Kakkalos.
Kakkalos remained the official guide for Olympus until his death in 1976.
It is estimated that around 10,000 people climb Olympus every year, with most of them only reaching as far as one of its secondary peaks, called Skolio.
(Excerpt) Read more at greekreporter.com ...
The myth about Mt. Olympus is a myth.
Get familiar with the buildings and monuments of the archeological site of Ancient Olympia, illustrated as they existed in antiquity with the help of digital technologies, the result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture and Sports and Microsoft, using artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies.Αρχαία Ολυμπία: Κοινός Τόπος (Ancient Olympia: Common Grounds) | November 10, 2021 | Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού
The other GGG topics added since last digest ping:
Isn’t Zeus offended about people climbing his mountain?
Pretty spectacular vista. Imagine a massive thunderstorm passing over those peaks. It could have been easy for an observer to imagine a family of gods living up there, having a spat, and Papa Lightening Bolt Thrower laying down the law.
Mask-crazy Greece is trying to stir up tourism.
https://greekreporter.com/2021/04/19/hidden-treasures-olympus-mountain-greek-gods/
Microsoft is trying to drum up business (see the video linked up there).
Coinky-dinky on the name:
https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+olympus
The pic display is constrained to 500 width, but right-click to load it into a new tab, and it’s an eyeful!
It’s a real place AND a myth.
Wow. That mountain on Mars looks massive.
Olympus Mons. The largest known volcano in the solar system.
over 21.9 km (13.6 mi or 72,000 ft)
Yup. It's a real place about which myths were told, just like Ararat.
Holy cow. That makes Yellowstone seem insignificant.
I’m not saying it was aliens... But, it was aliens.... Myths seem to be always rooted in some truth.
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