Olympius
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
OLYMPIUS . An epithet of Zeus derived from Mt. Olympus in Thessaly, the legendary home of the gods. Antiochus Epiphanes caused the Temple at Jerusalem to be dedicated to Zeus Olympius in b.c. 168 ( 2Ma 6:2 ), and the setting up of his image is the ‘abomination of desolation’ ( Daniel 9:27 ). Cf. Jupiter.
A. E. Hillard.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
ṓ - lim´pi - us ( Ὀλύμπιος , Olúmpios ): An epithet of Jupiter or Zeus (which see) from Mt. Olympus in Thessaly, where the gods held court presided over by Zeus. Antiochus Epiphanes, "who on God's altars dansed," insulted the Jewish religion by dedicating the temple of Jerusalem to Jupiter Olympius, 168 Bc ( 2 Maccabees 6:2; 1 Maccabees 1:54 ff).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Ο᾿Λύμπιος , i.e. Olympian ) , one of the chief epithets of the Greek deity Zeus, so called from Mount Olympus in Thessaly, the abode of the gods ( 2 Maccabees 6:2). (See Jupiter).
