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"Olympus"
Allusion
Act 3,
Scene 1
Line 75b

An explanation of the allusion to Olympus in Act 3, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Julius Caesar. 

Caesar

                      Hence!  Wilt thou lift up Olympus?

Decius Brutus

[Coming forward]

Caesar

Casca

[Coming forward]
[Casca first, then the other Conspirators, and finally Brutus stab Caesar.]

Caesar

[Caesar dies.]

Cinna

Cassius

Brutus

Casca

Decius Brutus

Brutus

Cinna

Metellus Cimber

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

[Re-enter Trebonius.]

Cassius

Trebonius

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

Cassius

Decius Brutus

Cassius

[Enter Antony’s Servant.]

Brutus

Servant

Brutus

Servant

[Exit Servant.]

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

[Re-enter Antony.]

Antony

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

Antony

Cassius

Antony

Cassius

Antony

Brutus

Antony

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

Cassius

Brutus

Antony

Brutus

[Exit all but Antony.]

Antony

[Enter Octavius' Servant.]

Octavius' Servant

Antony

Octavius' Servant

[Seeing the body]

Antony

Octavius' Servant

Antony

[Exit with Caesar's body.]

Mount Olympus was the mythological home to the Greek gods.