Phiri la Olympus limakhala nyumba ya Zeus ndi milungu ina yonse ya Olympian , omwe ali ndi ufulu wokhala ndi Zeus kunyumba kwake mumitambo. N'zotheka kuti mulungu woyambirira anali "mayi wamapiri" osati mulungu monga Zeus .
Phiri la Olympus silolitali phiri chifukwa cha kutalika kwake. Pamwamba pake, otchedwa Mytikas kapena Mitikas, ndi 2919 mamita okwera kapena pafupifupi 9577 mapazi.
Ili kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa Greece m'dera la Thessaly.
Ngakhale kudzinenedwa kuti sikovuta kwambiri, pafupi ndi kuuluka kuposa kukwera phiri, kumakhala kovuta ndipo chaka chilichonse anthu ochepa omwe sadzikayikira kapena okhudzidwa kwambiri amakhala muvuto lalikulu pamapiri. Anthu amafa.
Pali mabasi ambiri komanso oyendayenda ochokera ku Atene ndi ku Thessaloniki omwe amapita ku Litochoro, mudzi womwe umapereka mwayi wabwino kwambiri. Palinso utumiki wa sitima kuderalo. Mukhozanso kuyendetsa phirilo, kotero musamve kuti mukusowa ngati simunayambe ulendo wonse. Chinthu chabwino cha Phiri la Olympus ndi ulendo wa mpingo waung'ono wa Agia Kore, womwe umayenda mosavuta pa bwalo lamtunda lomwe limadutsa mtsinje waung'ono. Malo akuti amamangidwa pa kachisi wakale woperekedwa kwa Demeter ndi mwana wake Persephone, "Kore" kapena mtsikana.
Pansi pa phiri la Olympus, malo osungirako zinthu zakale ndi malo osungirako zinthu zakale a Dion amapereka chithunzi pamapiri ndi mabwinja a akachisi aakulu a Isis ndi milungu ina.
Mzinda wa Litochoro ndi wokongola ndipo ndi malo otchuka omwe amayambira kumapiri.
Kafukufuku waposachedwapa ofukula zinthu zakale anapeza zidutswa zamakedzana za nthawi ya Minoan, zosonyeza kuti kupembedza milungu pamapiri kungakhale kwakukulu kuposa momwe ankaganizira poyamba.