OLYMPE´NE
OLYMPE´NE (
Ὀλυμπηνή), a district of Mysia, on the northern slope of Mount Olympus, from which
[p. 2.475]it derived its name. (Strab. xii. pp. 571, 576.)
The inhabitants of the district were called Olympeni (
Ὀλυμπηνοί, Strab. xii. p.574;
Ptol. 5.2.15) or Olympieni (
Ὀλυμπιηνοί, Hdt. 7.74; comp.
MYSIA).
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