Olympos mountain

1 Olympos mountain SEE ALSO: Macedonia; Mountains, sacred. FRANK DAUBNER REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS On a circular base, with a diameter of 20 km, rises the limestone mountain Olympos as part of the Rhodopes–Cyclades massif, with the highest peak (Mytikas) at a height of 2,917 m. The seat of the twelve gods was located on Profitis Ilias (2,787 m), which was considered to be the highest summit, while a third century BCE to fifth century CE sanctuary was found on Agios Antonios (2817 m). The Perrhaibian city of Pythion was situated on the western slopes (Plut. Aem. 15) (see PERRHAIBIA); to the east lies the Macedonian DION, whose territory included the greatest part of the massif. Höper, H.-J. (1992) “Zwei Statuenbasen als Reste einer Opferstätte auf dem Hl. Antonius, einem der Olympgipfel.” In O. Brehm and S. Klie, eds., Μοusikóς ἀνήρ. Festschrift für Max Wegner zum 90. Geburtstag: 213–22. Bonn. Kurz, M. (1923) Le Mont Olympe (Thessalie). Paris. Philippson, A. (1950) Die griechischen Landschaften I.1: 91–116. Frankfurt am Main. Stählin, F. (1924) Das hellenische Thessalien. Landeskundliche und geschichtliche Beschreibung Thessaliens in der hellenischen und römischen Zeit: 5–10. Stuttgart. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, First Edition. Edited by Roger S. Bagnall, Kai Brodersen, Craige B. Champion, Andrew Erskine, and Sabine R. Huebner, print page 4898. © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Published 2013 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah14230