"ABODE OF THE GODS."
AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY,
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
LONDON, January 2S,
Dr. Ohnefaluch Richter, in his explorations of Rantidi, in Cyprus, revealed the existence of the supposed Mount Olympus. He found the sanctuaries and altars of the gods Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite and Philos.
Dr. Richter considers that Rantidi is the Greek "Mount of Divinities," which existed in the fantasies of poets, who wrongly localised Olympus elsewhere.
[Olympus is the ancient name of several mountains, or chains of mountains. The most famous of all is between Thessaly and Macedonia. Its eastern side, which fronts the sea, shows a line of vast precipices, cleft by ravines filled with forest trees. Its highest peek is 9750 feet above the sea. It was regarded by the ancient Greeks as the chief abode of the gods, and the palace of Zeus was supposed to stand upon its broad summit.]
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10151, 30 January 1911, Page 5
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148"ABODE OF THE GODS." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10151, 30 January 1911, Page 5
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