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Pieria
[ pahy-eer-ee-uh ]
noun
- a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
Pieria
/ paɪˈɪərɪə /
noun
- a region of ancient Macedonia, west of the Gulf of Salonika: site of the Pierian Spring
Example Sentences
Hesiod lived near Helicon, one of the Muses’ mountains—the others were Pierus in Pieria, where they were born, Parnassus and, of course, Olympus.
So wand in hand he paced into the air, shot from Pieria down, down to sea level, and veered to skim the swell.
As the left remains deeply committed to much of the status quo, the task of answering calls for a new economic order and bringing some relief to Greece’s misery has fallen to people like Mr. Tsolakidis, who organizes the ranks of the no-middlemen movement in his region through a local nonprofit collective called the Voluntary Action Group of Pieria.
Alighting on Pieria, down he stoop'd To ocean, and the billows lightly skimm'd In form a sea-mew, such as in the bays Tremendous of the barren deep her food Seeking dips oft in brine her ample wing.
They discovered that in Thessaly, Epirus, and some parts of the Pieria, men were reported by ancient writers as wandering about at night and tearing all whom they met to pieces.
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