Olympus as mountain and Olympia as venue for the Olympics: a question about the naming of these places
2019.07.06 | By Gregory Nagy ยง0. The question is, can we connect the name for Mount Olympus with the name for Olympia, the place where the festival of the Olympics was traditionally celebrated every four years? Aiming for a unified answer to this question, which seems simple only on the surface, I will collect here seven facts that may lead to a satisfactory formulation showing a genuine connectedness between the… Read more