Mythology
Olympus the throne of the 12 Gods.
Zeus was the last child of Titans Rea and Crones. Uranus, father of Crones, had foreseen that a child of Crones would beat him in battle and take his place as King and God of the world, just like his child Crones did. In order to avoid the prophesy, Crones ate his children right after they were born. Rea, his wife, managed to hide and save her last child, Zeus, by hiding him in a cave in Crete where Crones could not see him nor hear his cry. When Zeus grew up, he released the Cyclopes and Ekatonxires from Tartara, where Crones had imprisoned them, and after a very long battle known as Titanomachia, he managed to defeat Crones and take his place as King and God.
Zeus, his wife Hera and their children, were the 12 gods whom the ancient Greeks worshiped, and they were located not in an unknown and unapproachable area, but at the top of Greece's highest mountain, Olympus.

Orpheus myth
In the picturesque area where Litohoro village is today, the ancient inhabitants of Pieria region had build the town of "Pimplia". It was located a little to the south from nowadays Litohoro. The nine Mousses Klio, Euterpi, Thalia, Melpomeni, Terpsihoi, Erato, Polimnia, Ourania, and Kaliopi, were born in the eastern part of Mount Olympus (thereby called Olympiades) and where worshiped in the ancient city of Pimplia, along with Orpheus. Pimplias was build alongside Enipeas River.
According to Greek mythology the famous singer Orpheus, after the loss of his favorite Eurydice and his failure at getting her back from the underworld, was wandering in the area of Olympus and the bacchantes invited him to participate in the Gods celebration festival. But Orpheus, because of his pain for his lost love, refused. Enraged, the bacchantes killed the unfortunate singer and tried to wash away the blood from their hands in Enipeas River, also known as Helicon, which flowed in a ravine of Mount Olympus. But the river, ashamed by the bacchantes act, tried to avoid being polluted and hidden its waters in the earth, and resurfaced at Dion with a different name as Baphyras. Mousses collected Orpheus body and buried it in a hill of the mountain.

The destruction of the town Leivithra.
Leivithra was a town in Olympus area built at the confluence of three streams of Mount Olympus. The myth said that the town would be destroyed by Sis when the sun sees the bones of Orpheus. According to Pausanias the bones of Orpheus were placed on a pillar in a stone vessel at the foothills of Olympus. Sis in ancient Greek means wild boar, but it was also the name of one of the area streams. The people of Leivithra believed that there was no such beast that could destroy their strong town. But one day, a student of Orpheus was playing his reed in such harmony, that people and animal gathered close to hear his play. Accidentally the pillar fell, the stone vessel opened and the sun saw Orpheus' bones. A sudden cataclysm happened, the stream Sis flowed and destroyed Leivithra, punishing its inhabitants for their disrespect to the myth.

The myth of Enipeas River
Enipeas River flows through the deepest and steepest ravine of Mount Olympus. The ravine starts at Litohoro Village and goes till the top of the mountain. In its 50 square miles area, it is struck by more than 2000 lightnings every year. Enipeas River has three springs, Maurologos, Prionia and Karayiannis. It also feeds from other springs and ravines. Along its beautiful route, it forms waterfalls and water pools with crystal clear waters. In the final part, as the river passes by the high and stiff rocks of Golna and Zilnia, it resembles the Συμπληγάδες πέτρες , while in its deep and dark rift valleys it looks like the gates of the under world.

In Ancient Greek, the word Enipeas means "resound", but also "abjuration". The first name can be easily understood by anyone that approaches the ravine, considering that it is a river with a great elevation difference from its spring to its debouchment. The second name comes from the ancient Greek mythology where every river has its God protector, usually one of the God Ocean's sons. As they had human shape, they also lived through happiness, sorrows, adventures, and love. The great authors Homer, Loukianos, Sofoklis, Stravon, versify Enipeas stories. In one of them, Tiro, the beautiful daughter of Hilidas King Salmoneas, was the only person whom Zeus permitted to live after the disaster that struck his country due to her father's abusive behavior towards Zeus. During her long visit to Mount Olympus where she went to pay her respects to Zeus for saving her life, she met and fell in love with God Enipeas, the most beautiful river god on earth. Tiro was wandering and enjoying the clear water of the river, but was complaining to Enipeas because he was revealing himself to her. Enipeas was being amused by Tiros passion, but kept on hiding himself. One day God Poseidon, who had fallen in love with her, revealed himself taking the form of Enipeas, and covered her with a royal purple wave to make her his. Then he revealed that he was Poseidon, asking her to give birth to the children she had conceived and never tell anyone about their father. After that incident, Enipeas was mad with God Poseidon and a great conflict grew between them. Enipeas complained to Zeus about Poseidon's act, but Zeus (also known about his love games) cursed Enipeas for his audacity to pit against Poseidon, never to go near the sea (in order not to meet with Poseidon again) by turning his route to the south, allowing him to pour his water into a marsh. Tiro delivered twins that she abandoned right after giving birth. A filly nursed them as they grew up to be Pelias and Nileas, father of the wise men Nestor. Poseidon is also said to have taken Enipeas human form in order to conquer Triopas' daughter, Ifimedia. In this myth, Ifidemia was in love with Poseidon. But as Poseidon could not reveal himself as a god, he took the human form of the most gorgeous river god which was Enipeas. A river that till nowadays is known for its amazing natural beauty.