Mount Olympus

mountain in Elassona municipality, Greece

major deities of the Greco-Roman pantheon

thumb|Nectar of camellia thumb|Orange-yellow nectaries and greenish nectar in buckwheat flowers thumb|An Australian painted lady feeding on a flower's nectar thumb|Gymnadenia conopsea flowers with nectar-filled spur Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection. Common nectar-consuming pollinators include mosquitoes, hoverflies, wasps, bees, butterflies and moth

In Greek mythology, Orpheus (; , classical pronunciation: ) was a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet. He was also a renowned poet and, according to legend, travelled with Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, and descended into the underworld to recover his lost wife, Eurydice.

thumb|upright=1.2|The Food of the Gods on Olympus (1530), Maiolica|majolica dish attributed to [[Nicola da Urbino]]

Litochoro (, Litóchoro; Katharevousa: Λιτόχωρον) is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of the Pieria regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the Dio-Olympos municipality, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is located at the base of Mount Olympus, on the western shore of the Thermaic Gulf. The first recorded mention of Litochoro is in an account of a visit by Saint Dionysius (Greek: Άγιος Διονύσιος) to Mount Olympus in the 16th century. The town is a popular destination for those wishing to climb Mount Olympus

village in Greece

Platamon, or Platamonas (, Platamónas), is a town and sea-side resort in south Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. Platamon has a population of about 2,000 permanent inhabitants. It is part of the Municipal unit of East Olympos of the Dio-Olympos municipality.

Dion-Olympos (, Díon-Ólympos) is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro. The municipality has an area of 495.314 km2.

Leptokarya (, Leptokarya) is a town in Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, former seat of East Olympos municipality, which is part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos. The distance from Katerini is 26 km and the population of the village was 3,612 inhabitants as of 2021.

Leibethra or Libethra, in the modern pronunciation Leivithra (), was an ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus, near the present settlement of Skotina. Archaeologists have discovered tombs there from the late Bronze Age (13th–12th century BC) containing rich burial objects. Leivithra played a remarkable role in the history of Pieria.

thumb|upright=1.3|Modern reconstruction of a mountain house at Nippur

Skotina () is a rural settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, itself part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.

subdivision of Dion - Olympos Municipality, Greece

Greek mountain climber and guide

village in Pieria, Greece

monastery in Dion-Olympos Municipality, Greece

monastery in Pieria, Greece

thumb|350px|Map showing ancient Thessaly. Azorus is shown to the top centre in the Tripolis (Perrhaebia)|Perrhaebian Tripolis. Azorus or Azoros ( or Ἀζώριον) was a town and polis (city-state) in Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Azorus, with the two neighbouring towns of Pythium and Doliche, formed a Tripolis.

monastery in Elassona Municipality, Greece

7th c. Byzantine church in Pieria, Greece

monastery in Elassona Municipality, Greece

geological museum in Leptokarya at Mount Olympus, Greece

thumb|300px|Map showing ancient Thessaly. Pythion is shown to the centre top near Mount Olympus. Pythion () or Pythium, also Pythoion (Πύθοιον) was a city and polis (city-state) of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, situated at the foot of Mount Olympus, and forming a Tripolis with the two neighbouring towns of Azorus and Doliche. Pythion derived its name from a temple of Apollo Pythius situated on one of the summits of Olympus, as we learn from an epigram of Xeinagoras, a Greek mathematician, who measured the height of Olympus from these parts. Games were also celebrated here in honour of Apollo

small statue of Aphrodite