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Pieria

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Pi·e·ri·a  (p-îr-)
A region of ancient Macedonia. It included Mount Olympus and Mount Pierus, seat of the worship of Orpheus and the Muses.
Pi·eri·an adj.
Pieria [paɪˈɪərɪə]
n
(Placename) a region of ancient Macedonia, west of the Gulf of Salonika: site of the Pierian Spring
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She passed over Pieria and fair Emathia, and went on and on till she came to the snowy ranges of the Thracian horsemen, over whose topmost crests she sped without ever setting foot to ground.
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1-10) Muses of Pieria who give glory through song, come hither, tell of Zeus your father and chant his praise.
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