Why did the greeks think that the gods lived on mt. olympus???

Question

Did any one of them ever think to go up to the mountain? Didn't they notice that there weren't any gods up there?!?!?!?

Answer 1

Mount Olympus is a very high mountian, and from my knowlege very hard to climb.

so such is the answer,
the sky is the limit.
they found no gods upon land, so deemed they must be in places they could not reach, or hope to reach,

such as Christians, Hebrews, Arabs, and so on and so forth believe in Heaven,
for they cannot reach it, nor find it on earth, so it must be to high for them to obtain.

Answer 2

In very many cultures, there is mythology about a high mountain (usually associated with an actual geographic site) that is the "mount of the gods." In Greece, it was Olympus, in the middle east, it was Mt Ararat; in India it was Mt Kailash, which is a peak in the Himalaya. The mountain represents the world axis or the hub of the world--the center of the world, the center of the wheel of time, and the divine center. The top of the mountain, of course, represents, the celestial sphere so it is the abode of the gods.

Answer 3

For the same reason the jews thought their god lived in the sky. It's mass delusion