place
Mount Olympus
Olympus
The mountain seat of the Greek gods; in the Hesiodic line Marcus quotes, Shame and Justice withdraw to Olympus, abandoning a degenerate earth.
Reading notes
- Meditations §5.33.1 Olympus
The mountain home of the Greek gods; Marcus quotes the Hesiodic image of Shame and Justice fleeing the earth for Olympus to mark how debased the world's prizes are.