Many Outside of Greece Believe Mount Olympus is a Myth, says Journalist

GreekReporter.com ^ | October 3, 2021 | Philip Chrysopoulos

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Mount Olympus from below. Credit: Christo Vlachos/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0

[Jim W N]

The myth about Mt. Olympus is a myth.

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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

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[BipolarBob]

Isn’t Zeus offended about people climbing his mountain?

[katana]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

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

[DoodleBob]

Opah!!

[DJ MacWoW]

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The pic display is constrained to 500 width, but right-click to load it into a new tab, and it’s an eyeful!

[SunkenCiv]

• The tsunamis of Olympia [07/08/2011]

[pepsi_junkie]

It’s a real place AND a myth.

[gundog]

There’s one on Mars, too. Nobody climbs it, though.

[redshawk]

Wow. That mountain on Mars looks massive.

[gundog]

Olympus Mons. The largest known volcano in the solar system.

[PIF]

over 21.9 km (13.6 mi or 72,000 ft)

[SunkenCiv]

Yup. It's a real place about which myths were told, just like Ararat.

[redshawk]

Holy cow. That makes Yellowstone seem insignificant.

[redshawk]

I’m not saying it was aliens... But, it was aliens.... Myths seem to be always rooted in some truth.

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