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	SFAGN.info: Collection / Alexander I
		The Macedonian Pieria was 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.
		Pierus was of this opinion either because it seemed to him wiser, or because an oracle so ordered, or having so learned from one of the Thracians.
		There are some who say that Pierus himself had nine daughters, that their names were the same as those of the goddesses, and that those whom the Greeks called the children of the Muses were sons of the daughters of Pierus.
	www.sfagn.info /collection/alexander_i.html (1771 words)

	MUSES, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		It is not known if Pierus did these changes because they seemed to him wiser, or if he followed an oracle, or if he had learned so from the Thracians.
		Thus the MUSES are sometimes called PIERIDES, but otherwise this is the name of nine sisters, daughters of Pierus, who defied the MUSES in a contest of song and, having been defeated, were turned into magpies, greenfinches, goldfinches, ducks, and other birds [for the ALOADS see Zeus].
		Clio 1 consorted with King Pierus of Pella (Macedonia), giving birth to Hyacinthus 1 and Polyboea 1, the girl who was carried to heaven.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/MUSES.html (1885 words)

	Sannion's Sanctuary - The Muses in Mythology
		Pierus, son of Magnes, was supposedly the first person to discover that there were nine Muses, and it was Hesiod who first supplies us with their names.
		The daughters of Pierus, son of Magnus, the man who first discovered that the Muses were nine in number, apparently did not share their father's revrence for them.
		The daughters grew proud and challenged the Muses to a contest, with forest Nymphs as the judges.
	www.winterscapes.com /sannion/muses.htm (1363 words)

	MUSES, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		It is not known if Pierus did these changes because they seemed to him wiser, or if he followed an oracle, or if he had learned so from the Thracians.
		Thus the MUSES are sometimes called PIERIDES, but otherwise this is the name of nine sisters, daughters of Pierus, who defied the MUSES in a contest of song and, having been defeated, were turned into magpies, greenfinches, goldfinches, ducks, and other birds [for the ALOADS see Zeus].
		Clio 1 consorted with King Pierus of Pella (Macedonia), giving birth to Hyacinthus 1 and Polyboea 1, the girl who was carried to heaven.
	www.maicar.com /GML/MUSES.html (1874 words)

	SFAGN: Collection / Alexander I (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Macedonian Pieria was 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.
		Pierus was of this opinion either because it seemed to him wiser, or because an oracle so ordered, or having so learned from one of the Thracians.
		There are some who say that Pierus himself had nine daughters, that their names were the same as those of the goddesses, and that those whom the Greeks called the children of the Muses were sons of the daughters of Pierus.
	www.sfagn.com /collection/alexander_i.html (2137 words)

	Pieria â“ FREE Pieria Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Pieria.html (813 words)

	The Muses Homework Page
		The Muses are sometimes called the Pierides, but others think that these were nine sisters, daughters of a man called Pierus, who dared challenge the Muses in a contest of song and, having been defeated, were turned into magpies, greenfinches, goldfinches, ducks and other birds.
		They were nymphs in Pieria, which is found in western Thrace, and their cult was brought to Mount Helicon in Boeotia by the Aloads.
		With Pierus, the king of Macedonia, she is the mother of Hyacinth, who was accidentally killed by his beloved Apollo while practicing throwing the discus one day.
	www.thanasis.com /muses.htm (1882 words)

	Clio - BPAL Madness!
		As a consequence of her teasing, barbed sense of humor, she was cursed by Aphrodite: she fell in love with a mortal, Pierus, the King of Macedonia.
		Clio bore two sons, one by Bacchus and one by Pierus: Hymenaeus, the God of Marriage Ceremonies and Wedding Feasts, and the doomed Hyacinth.
		She is the patron of historians, epic poets, biographers and all those who wish for fame, reknown, and celebrity status.
	www.bpal.org /index.php?showtopic=19891 (3125 words)

	The Muses (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the Fifteenth century BC, King Pierus of Pieria, where Mount Helicon was located, a peak sacred to the Muses, honored the Muses by naming his daughters after them, but when the daughters began to claim their singing was superior to the Muses, they transformed the mortal girls into chattering magpies.
		The Muses also took offense when the Sirens, daughters of Melpomene, one of their own, began to rival their own talents, and exiled them to the island of Anthemoessa taking care to clip their wings so they could not depart.
		They can travel through dimensions, such as from Earth to Olympus, alter their forms and that of other beings and objects (such as when they turned the daughters of Pierus into birds) and inflict curses upon mortals ranging from blindness to an inability to speak.
	www.angelfire.com /planet/mythguide/muses.html (1085 words)

	Atercia - Religion
		Pierus paces upon a mountain summit, his steely eyes gaze into the distance as he thinks.
		A bee lands on the flower, seemingly out of nowhere, and Pierus grabs hold of the insect between two delicate fingers and pushes it within the plant.
		A small bird bends its head upward to look at Pierus and caws admiringly before unfolding his wings and jumping into the sky, flying away into the distance.
	www.atercia.com /religion.html (2763 words)

	cueFlash - Decks - Greek Mythology Chapters 1 & 2 - Glossary - Virtual online flashcards - Share and study with your ...
		Muse of historyDaughter of Zeus and MnemosyneMountains: Helicon, Pierus in Pieria (where they were born), Parnassus, and OlympusCompanions of Apollo and the Graces
		Muse of songs to the godsDaughter of Zeus and MnemosyneMountains: Helicon, Pierus in Pieria (where they were born), Parnassus, and OlympusCompanions of Apollo and the Graces
		Muse of the danceDaughter of Zeus and MnemosyneMountains: Helicon, Pierus in Pieria (where they were born), Parnassus, and OlympusCompanions of Apollo and the Graces
	cueflash.com /Decks/Greek_Mythology_Chapters_1_&_2 (478 words)

	MUSES : Greek goddesses of music poetry & the arts ; mythology ; pictures : MOUSAI, MUSAE, MUSE
		P. 85); and the nine daughters of Pierus, who presumed to rival the Muses, were metamorphosed into birds.
		Near mount Helicon, Ephialtes and Otus are said to have offered the first sacrifices to them; and in the same place there was a sanctuary with their statues, the sacred wells Aganippe and Hippocrene, and on mount Leibethrion, which is connected with Helicon, there was a sacred grotto of the Muses.
		Their father was rich Pierus, a squire of Pellae, and Euippe Paeonis their mother.
	www.theoi.com /Ouranios/Mousai.html (7694 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1125 (v. 2)
		37), and others daughters of Pierus and a Pimpleian nymph, whom Cicero (De Nat.
		85) ; and the nine daughters of Pierus, who presumed to rival the Muses, were metamorphosed into birds.
		§ 2) ; Hyacinthus a son of Pierus and Cleio (Apollod.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2233.html (972 words)

	The Muses
		It was only later, when a Macedonian named Pierus came to Thespiae (where the Muses were known and worhipped) and renamed them the names of the nine Muses we know so well today.
		Many said that Pierus had nine daughters with the same names as the Muses and that the so-called children of the Muses were actually the children of Pierus' daughters.
		From a union with King Pierus she bore a son, Hyacinthus.
	www.paleothea.com /SortaSingles/Muses.html (960 words)

	Milton: Mansus - Notes
		In November 1638, Milton traveled south to Naples, where he was befriended by Manso who contributed, along with many other distinguished Italians, a few commendatory verses to Milton's 1645 Poems.
		Mt. Pierus, along with Mt. Olympus, was an early seat of the worship of Orpheus and the muses.
		Hesiod's Theogony 52-59 imagines the muses born to Zeus by Mnemosyne on Mount Pierus in Macedonia.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~milton/reading_room/sylvarum/mansus/notes.shtml (1182 words)

	Muses in Greek Mythology - Clio, the Greek god of History
		Muse Clio(Cleio) was the goddess of epic poetry and history and is also considered to be the inventor of the guitar.
		Clio once fell madly in love with the King of Macedonia, Pierus and with Pierus she created the beautiful Hyacinth, the lover of Greek god Apollo.
		Clio is often depicted dressed in purple with laurels on her hair, in the one hand holding a cornet and in the other a book, the book Cleio used to write history.
	www.greek-gods.info /ancient-greek-gods/muses/clio (116 words)

	Friday Shakespeare Club
		Pieria, a region in ancient Thessaly, included Mount Olympus and Mount Pierus.
		Mount Pierus served as a sanctuary for the worship of Orpheus and the Muses.
		A committee of one was appointed to draw up the club's constitution and bylaws.
	library.ucsc.edu /speccoll/exhibits/friday_shakespeare.html (924 words)

	Study Sheet: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ovid tells us how the Muses told Minerva how Calliope told the story of Ceres and Proserpina in a singing competition with the daughters of Pierus.
		The daughters of Pierus were disrespectful toward the gods (by telling the story of the Giants and their war against the gods in very flattering terms).
		Presumably, the Muses, being goddesses themselves, choose a story that contrasts with this disrespectful tale.
	gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /tcnj/worldlit/ovid.htm (791 words)

	The Hudson Review \| Mark Jarman
		When the proud and foolish Pierus girls lose, they are changed into magpies.
		He dispenses with it when the Muses answer the challenge of the daughters of Pierus.
		They sing their tales, including the rape of Proserpina, in dactylic pentameter, as does Orpheus when he charms the king and queen of Hades with his appeal to retrieve Eurydice.
	www.hudsonreview.com /JarmanSu04.html (2233 words)

	Wild Child Publishing.com -- Euterpe biography
		I am Euterpe, one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, daughters of Pierus.
		I am so called because I give delight to those who hear me sing.
		Should you wish to contact a muse, you must look within...
	www.wildchildpublishing.com /authors/euterpe.html (65 words)

	SparkNotes: Metamorphoses: Book V
		While they are talking, the sound of nine magpies fills the air.
		The Muses explain that these birds were once human sisters, the nine daughters of Pierus.
		They challenged the Muses to a contest of song, and the Muses reluctantly accepted.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/metamorphoses/section5.rhtml (961 words)

	muses
		Some claim they were the daughters of Uranus and Gaea, others say Pierus and Antiope
		Muses, they struck him blind and dumb, when Pierus and his nine daughters challenged them in a poetry contest, which was
		In retribution, Aphrodite caused Clio to fall in love with Pierus, the king of Macedonia, by whom she is the mother of Hyacinthus.
	www.geocities.com /tamboura20/muses.html (643 words)

	Hyacinthus orientalis "Blue Giant" - Hyacinth
		Genus of three bulbous species with green leaves.
		Its botanical name derives from the mythical hero Hyacinth or Hyacinthus (in Greek, Ὑάκινθος — Hyakinthos), son of Clio and Pierus, King of Macedonia.
		Grown for their fragrant flowers, associated with rebirth, and borne in late winter and early spring.
	www.gardensandplants.com /uk/plant.aspx?plant_id=1663 (189 words)

	Pierus
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		She had one son, Hyacinth, with the King of Macedonia, Pierus.
	www.experiencefestival.com /pierus (212 words)

	The Muses * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The Muses can bestow the gift of talent and insight but they can also, viciously, revoke their blessings.
		King Pierus boasted that his daughters rivaled the Muses in beauty and talent, they (all nine of his daughters) were turned into magpies.
		The Muses attend the festivals on Olympos and entertain and inspire the other gods with their wit and charm.
	messagenet.com /myths/bios/muses.html (732 words)

	Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson - Free eBook
		Four are mentioned as daughters of Jupiter and Plusia, while some accounts speak of seven Muses, daughters of Pierus.
		Most commonly they were considered daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory), born in Pieria at the foot of Mount Olympus.
		Some call them daughters of Uranus and Gæa, others of Pierus and Antiope, still others of Apollo or of Jupiter and Minerva.
	manybooks.net /titles/elsona2057120571-8.html (211 words)

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	Acalanthis@Everything2.com
		One of the nine daughters of Pierus, king of Macedonia.
		With her sisters she challenged the Muses to match her at singing, and in indignation the goddesses changed all nine girls into birds.
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	everything2.com /?node_id=986088 (105 words)

	AVHS73
		Check out the class yearbook and the work-in-progress with the Sandpaper and Pierus pages.
		The Yearbook, Sandpaper and Pierus elements are a sampling only.
		More may be added to these pages depending on interest
	www.avhs73.com (69 words)

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