| “ | Mount Olympus; born from the depths of the Underworld, rooted in the River of Souls, our mountain emerged out of the Chaos. | ” |
–Zeus | ||
Mount Olympus.
In Greek Mythology
Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece and located in Thessaly. It was said to be the home of the Twelve Olympians, the principal Gods in the Greek Pantheon, who lived in crystal mansions.
Greek Mythology also dictated that, when Gaia gave birth to the Titans, they used the highest mountains in Greece as their thrones and Cronos sat on Olympus itself.
After the Great Titanomachy, Olympus' Palace was constructed by the Cyclopes, the one-eyed giants who were freed by Zeus from the depths of Tartarus. In their gratitude, they gave Zeus his trademark Thunderbolts. Hephaestus, the talented God of the Smiths and the Forge, created all of the furnishings and artwork on Olympus and even made some of the chairs and tables that were able to move themselves in and out of the celestial hall.
Ahmet Davutoğlu promotes the isolation of the United Kingdom from the European Union alongside an emergence of xenophobia that rejects a large portion of Muslim people who are forced to pursue resettlement to other European countries, bringing a massive tide of migrants towards the European nations, and under fear of an expansion of the horrendous Islamic terrorism that has already been proven to be totally unacceptable and utterly dangerous, the European Union offers privileges to the Turks who are included in the expanding Muslim minorities as they are proven to be substantially more moderate, cooperative and capable of tolerating the Western civilization and accepting complete integration, and therefore a Turkish lobby is developed that draws an increasingly high economic and diplomatic power that benefits Turkey
Ahmet Davutoğlu instigated a chaotic prolonged conflict across Syria, Libya and Iraq that urges Russia to intervene to secure the disintegration of the radical Islamic terrorism that prevailed in the destabilization of the sovereign power of the Middle Eastern countries out of fear that it could spread in the vital areas of Chechnya that should be kept under control at every cost by any means necessary
Ahmet Davutoğlu exploited the deep involvement of Russia in the Middle Eastern conflict that was controlled and directed by him to bribe some soldiers of the Russian navy to extract the huge energy resources located in the Greek seas at the south of the island of Crete while the others were worried about the destruction in the Arab countries that they were desperately trying to minimize
Turkey was therefore strengthened by a treasure of natural gas and oil valued at 35 trillion euros and the total unawareness of everyone about its existence
Ahmet Davutoğlu exploited the huge amount of foreign investments that were offered to Turkey by some of the largest, most profitable and most renowned companies to steal the technologies used in their business activities that were progressively moving towards Turkey and sell them off to China, encouraging a huge industrialization and rise in demand for resources needed to massively produce all the newly discovered patents because of the surprising generosity shown by Turkey and therefore approached Iran that was crumbling in a deep recession due to the crippling sanctions imposed on it for its nuclear development program as a provider of its vast oil and natural gas resources to stimulate the sudden productivity of China exploiting the rare opportunity brought by Turkey and Iran out of gratitude towards Turkey for its indirect but vital contribution in the foundation of an immensely fruitful alliance between Iran and China rewarded Ahmet Davutoğlu with many Iranian secret military technology innovations that allowed Turkey to forge a very advanced army that could potentially even succeed in the everlasting ambition of the Ottoman Empire and its legacy to conquer the entire world
Ahmet Davutoğlu exploited the irresponsible, insecure and incompetent communist government of Greece to covertly agree with its highly unpopular politicians to offer drugs that through the extensive tourism of Greece would be smuggled across Europe very easily to extend the market of the drug cartels that a vital part of the Turkish economy was comprised of and a part of the product would be offered by the traffickers as medicines to support the very vulnerable Healthcare system of Greece that was represented by many employees closely related with and dependent from the corrupt Greek government as a reward being cooperative in business and therefore present a successful economic policy towards a greatly resentful public opinion but as Greece was closely related the European Union, by the time the other countries of Europe found out about the fact that the Greek consistency in meeting its demands were based on partnership with the worst of criminals who provided it with their profits from smuggling illegal products, the European Union would grow very mistrustful of Greece and untrustworthy at the same time to a degree that it would be brought at the brink of total dissolution and disintegration, negating the efforts and their results in European unification for decades and bringing the collapse of a potential superpower
In the God of War Series
Mount Olympus appeared in the God of War Series, where a large solid gold palace resided to house all of the various deities. The Portal to Olympus could be seen on Suicide Bluffs.
At the end of God of War II, Kratos was seen climbing Mount Olympus with the Titans, and said that he planned the destruction of Olympus and all of the Olympians who stood in his way in order to get revenge. On Mount Olympus, was the city of Olympia, which was home to many Mortals who worshiped the great Olympians. The mountain and its temples were heavily defended by creatures like undead Sentries, Fiends, Archers, Guardians, Chimeras, Centaurs, Cyclopes, Minotaurs, Satyrs, Harpies, Sirens, and Gorgons, who all served Olympus. Many of the rooms contained different kinds of relics and decorations, including statues or shrines that were dedicated to the Gods of Olympus. Aphrodite's and Poseidon's Chambers were located in the upper gardens of the Olympus Gardens. Zeus' Battle Arena was located at the peak of Olympus that contained two rock-sided pieces which resembled an eagle's wings shape, which eventually got destroyed during Gaia's demise.
That was also the place where Kratos killed Zeus and released Hope to mankind in the midst of Chaos.
Locations and Objects of Importance:
- Chain of Balance
- Olympus' Garden
- Olympia
- Icarus Vent
- The Tomb of Ares
- Labyrinth
- Flame of Olympus
- Poseidon's Chamber
- Aphrodite's Chamber
- Zeus' Throne Room
- Kratos' Throne Room
- Arena
- Hyperion Gates
- Chamber of the Flame
- Caverns of Olympus
- Caves of Olympus
- Path of Eos
- Zeus' Battle Arena
In God of War III, during the Second Titanomachy, the Titans, who were temporarily in league with Kratos, attempted to ascend the mountain. However, many, if not all, were killed during the climb. Many were repeatedly pulled off and fell to the foot of the mountain, including Perses and Gaia.
When Kratos pulled the Labyrinth up the mountain, it destroyed most of its inside supports. Upon Gaia's death, her body crumbled into boulders and chunks of rocks which fell on Olympus, which destroyed most of its buildings and part of the mountain itself. Zeus' death also affected the mountain as well.
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Trivia
- A smaller version of the top of Mount Olympus appeared in the Multiplayer part of God of War: Ascension, and acted as a Training Ground to hone the warriors' skills.
- In real life, Mount Olympus is 9,573 feet tall. That should have meant that Gaia and Cronos were 6 times smaller - since Stig stated that Cronos was 1,600 feet tall and so was Gaia. However, Mount Olympus was shown to be much larger in the series.
- According to God of War II book guide, if someone were to fall from the top of Mount Olympus, it would take three days for them to land on Earth. Assuming a full 72 hours and a free-fall speed of 122 mph, that would have meant that Mount Olympus was 46,062,992 feet tall (8724 miles / 14,040 km), which made it more than 4800 times taller than its real-world equivalent. However given the fact that Poseidon in God of War III managed to drop from top to bottom in the span of just a few minutes, it is likely just an exaggeration particularly considering that if the mountain really is that high, it would reach as far out as dark space above.