Pierides

[ pahy-er-i-deez ]

plural noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the Muses.
2. nine Thessalian maidens who challenged the Muses to a singing contest, lost, and were changed into magpies for insulting the victors.

Pierides

/ paɪˈɪərɪˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. the Muses See Muse
2. nine maidens of Thessaly, who were defeated in a singing contest by the Muses and turned into magpies for their effrontery

Example Sentences

The same thing happened since to the Pierides; so much has fable always imitated sacred history.

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The coupling often takes place in the air; thus among pierides.

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His own enrolled unrhythmical bardic troops (humorous mercenaries when Celts) do his trumpeting best, and offend not the Pierides.

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The nine daughters of Pierus, king of Emathia, were called Pierides.

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