Yes in fact it is in Olympia
Olympia, near Elis in the western Peloponnese. Not anywhere near Mount Olympus.
Mt. Olympus is located in the east of Greece near the Gulf of Salonika.
The modern Olympic Games are athletic competitions based on the ancient Greek games held on the plain of Olympia in SW Greece (nowhere near Mount Olympus). Both the plain and mountain referred to the mythical home of the Greek gods.
mt. olympus is often identified with the highest greek mountain near what
The home of the gods was Mt. Olympus, which lies on the border of Thessaly and Macedonia in modern Greece. Olympia was a city founded in honor of the gods, but was nowhere near the home of the gods. It was on the southwest coast of the Peleponnesus, which the mountain was near the northeast coast on the Aegean. -Indiriel _________________ Olympia. Who would ask that kind of question??
Mt. OLympus
If you mean Mt. Olympus, it's in Greece. Between Macedonia and Thessaly, near the Gulf of Salonika.
Mt. Olympus, Mountain peak, northeastern Greece. At 9,570 ft (2,917 m), it is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus range, lying on the border between Macedonia and near the Gulf of Salonika. The summit is snow-capped and often has cloud cover. In ancient Greece, it was regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne.Mount Olympus is where Zeus and the rest of the gods lived.
Mt. Olympus, Mountain peak, northeastern Greece. At 9,570 ft (2,917 m), it is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus range, lying on the border between Macedonia and near the Gulf of Salonika. The summit is snow-capped and often has cloud cover. In ancient Greece, it was regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne.Mount Olympus is where Zeus and the rest of the gods lived.
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Olympia, WA is on Budd Inlet and Capitol Lake near the south end of Puget Sound.and ...Olympia, Greece is 8-10 miles inland from the Ionian Sea.
Mountain peak, northeastern Greece. At 9,570 ft (2,917 m), it is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus range, lying on the border between Macedonia and http://www.answers.com/topic/thessaly, near the Gulf of Salonika. The summit is snow-capped and often has cloud cover. In ancient Greece, it was regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne of http://www.answers.com/topic/zeus.