Greek Mythology Notes
An encyclopaedia of Greek mythology — gods, heroes, creatures, places, and the English words they gave us.
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Mount Ossa
A mountain in Thessaly that the Giants stacked beneath Pelion in their attempt to storm the heavens and overthrow the Olympian gods.
The Vale of Tempe between Ossa and Olympus was so beautiful that the Romans used "Tempe" as a generic word for any idyllic valley.