Pieria

Pīĕrĭa, ae, f., = Πιερία.

• A country of Macedonia, south of the Haliacmon, Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 33; Liv. 39, 26.— Hence,
• • B Pīĕrĭcus, a, um, adj., Pierian: pix, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 128.—
• II A country of Syria, between Cilicia and Phoenicia, with a mountain of the same name, and the capital city Seleucia Pieria, Cic. Att. 11, 20, 1; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 67; 5, 21, 18, § 79.

Pieria — Pieria (Pieria), Pleiades 491696

Pīeria, ae, f. (Πιερία), I) eine Landschaft Mazedoniens an der Küste, südl. von Haliakmon bis zu den kambunischen Bergen, Liv. 39, 26, 1. Mela 2, 3, 2 (2. § 36). – Dav. Pīericus, a, um (Πιερικός), in-, aus Piëria (in Mazed.), piërisch, Plin. – II) eine Gegend Syriens, wovon Seleucia Pieria, s. Seleucēa.

Pīĕrĭa, æ, f. (Πιερία), ¶ 1 la Piérie [contrée de la Macédoine] : Plin. 4, 33 ; Liv. 39, 26 ¶ 2 contrée et ville de Syrie : Cic. Att. 11, 20, 1 ; Plin. 5, 67 || -rĭcus, a, um, de la Piérie : Plin. 14, 128.

PIERIA

PIE´RIA (Πιερία).

1.

A district in Macedonia. [PIERES]

2.

A district in Syria; a name given by the Macedonians to the northern coast of Syria, on the right bank of the Orontes. The principal mountain in this district, and which was a southern branch of the Amanus, was also called Pieria. (Strab. xvi. pp. 749, 751; Ptol. 5.15.8.) The chief town was Seleuceia, which is frequently distinguished from other towns of the same name by the addition of ἐν Πιερίἁ, especially on coins. (Eckhel, vol. 3. p. 324; Cic. ad Att. 11.2. 0)

PIERIA

PIE´RIA [CIERIUM]

Pieria

(Πιερία). (1) A narrow strip of country on the southeastern coast of Macedonia, extending from the mouth of the Peneus in Thessaly to the Haliacmon, and bounded on the west by Mount Olympus and its offshoots. A portion of these mountains was called by the ancient writers Pierus, or the Pierian Mountain. The inhabitants of this country, the Pieres, were a Thracian people, and are celebrated in the early history of Greek poetry and music, since their country was one of the earliest seats of the worship of the Muses, hence called Pierides, and Orpheus is said to have been buried there. After the establishment of the Macedonian kingdom in Emathia in the seventh century B.C. Pieria was conquered by the Macedonians, and the inhabitants were driven out of the country.

(2) A district in Macedonia east of the Strymon near Mount Pangaeum, where the Pierians settled, who had been driven out of their original abodes by the Macedonians, as already related. They possessed in this district the fortified towns of Phagres and Pergamus.

(3) A district on the northern coast of Syria, so called from the mountain Pieria, a branch of the Amanus, a name given it by the Macedonians.

Pieria Pieria, a district of Macedonia

• on Xerxes' route: Hdt. 7.131, Hdt. 7.177
• pitch from thence: Hdt. 4.195

Pieria(2), mountain in Macedonia

• Paus. 9.30.7, Paus. 10.13.5, cf.Paus. 9.29.3

Pieria (3)

• Orpheus buried in: Apollod. 1.3.2
• Hermes steals the kine of Apollo in: Apollod. 3.10.1, Apollod. 3.10.2

Pieria(4), wife of Danaus

• Apollod. 2.1.5

Pieria(5), wife of Oxylus

• Paus. 5.4.4