Pieria
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Pi·e·ri·a
A region of ancient Macedonia. It included Mount Olympus and Mount Pierus, seat of the worship of Orpheus and the Muses.
Pierian Pi·e'ri·an adj.
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Pīeria, in Macedonia, district on the northern slopes of Mount Olympus, whence, according to tradition, a colony migrated south to Mount Helicon in Boeotia in prehistoric times. The cult of the Muses was said to have been brought from Pieria (the birthplace of the Muses and of Orpheus) to Helicon; hence they are sometimes described as Pierian (or Pierides).
Columbia Encyclopedia:
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Pīeria
Pieria (pīēr'ēə), region of ancient Macedonia, W of the Thermaic Gulf (the modern Gulf of Thessaloníki). It included Mt. Pierus, an early seat of the worship of Orpheus and the Muses, and Mt. Olympus. The Muses were sometimes called the Pierides, a name given also to nine daughters of the legendary King Pierus of Macedonia. They contested with the Muses in song, were defeated, and were changed into magpies.
Poetry Glossary:
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Pierian
Of or relating to learning or poetry, after the region of Pieria in ancient Macedonia which once worshipped the Muses.
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Pierian
IN BRIEF: Adjective- Of or relating to learning or poetry.
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