Mount Olympus

In Greek Mythology, Olympus was the home of the gods who dwelt in fabulous palaces of marble and gold. Mount Olympus is ruled by Zeus and his sister-wife, Hera. The main structure was the palace of Zeus. It had a fairly simple layout--as was typical of ancient Greek palaces--with a central hall, private bedchambers and storage rooms. The golden-floored hall served as both a council chamber and feast-hall for the Olympians and provided them an expansive view of the world below allowing them to observe mankind from the heights. The golden tables and tripods of the feast were automatons animated by the divine smith Hephaestus, and trundled in and out of the hall as required. Before the palace of Zeus was a large, cloistered courtyard where the full assembly of the gods would gather--including all of the earth-, river- and sea-deities as well as nymphs. The peak of Olympus functioned as the secondary seat or throne of Zeus, apart from the rest of other gods. It is illegal for mortals to enter as hades stated and acknowledged. Most gods seems to care little for the mortals as the gods use the mortals for worship, entertainment and sacrifice.