The most important of the gods on Mount Olympus was Zeus, god of the sky, whose wife Hera was the goddess of marriage. Zeus is said to have lived in the biggest and best palace on Mount Olympus ...

Mount Olympus, the highest peak in Greece, is 2,918 meters (9,573 feet) high – and was once thought to be home to some rather petulant gods. Compared to the Martian mountain that shares its name ...

Olympus was notable in Greek mythology as a home of the 12 Greek gods. The nine Muses, daughters of the god Zeus, were traditionally placed in the region of Pieria, at the mount's northern foot.

The Greeks thought the gods lived high above Mount Olympus, in a palace in the clouds. From here, they kept an eye on life below. From time to time, gods would interfere in what was going on.

"The site is the Aboriginal equivalent of the palace on Mount Olympus where the Olympians, the 12 immortals of ancient Greece, were believed to have lived," says Professor Tacon.

Swiss photographer Frédéric Boissonnas, his friend Daniel Baud-Bovy, and Christos Kakkalos, a Greek hunter who served as their guide,entered the history books when they climbed Mount Olympus in 1913 ...

In the clever new Netflix series Kaos, the Greek Gods are a rich and powerful modern-day family. They're led by an impulsive and deeply insecure Zeus (Jeff Goldblum), who lives on Mount Olympus ...