Exploring Mount Olympus and Greek Beliefs

Why did ancient Greeks visit Mount Olympus?

• To escape from wars

• To meet Roman philosophers

• To make offerings to the gods

• To find hidden treasures

What was a common belief about the gods' residence according to the Greeks?

• They lived atop Mount Olympus

• They were invisible

• They resided in Persia

• They lived in the sky

How did the Greeks view Mount Olympus in relation to the divine?

• As a connecting point between the physical and divine worlds

• As a place of exile

• As a battlefield

• As a place for human sacrifices

How did the Greeks reconcile the contradictions in their mythology?

• By ignoring them

• By consulting oracles

• By accepting them as part of the gods' nature

• By rewriting myths

Why didn't the Greeks move Mount Olympus despite discovering taller mountains?

• They believed Greece was special

• They lacked the technology

• They feared the gods' wrath

• They were unaware of other mountains