A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ὀλύμπιος), the Olympian, occurs as a surname of Zeus (Hornm. Il. 1.353), Heracles (Hdt. 2.44), the Muses (Olympiades, Il. 2.491), and in general of all the gods that were believed to live in Olymitpus, ill contriadistinction from the gods of the lower world. (Il. 1.399; conimp. Paus. 1.18.7, 5.14.6, 6.20.2.)

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