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

“Thanks to the heavy engagement of the United Nations secretary general the deadlock has been broken,” Kyriakos Pierides, a political commentator, told the Guardian from Nicosia, the island’s partitioned capital.

From The Guardian

Mr Crowther highlighted the case of Andreas Pierides, who was arrested earlier this year after another passenger on his train saw him reading material which appeared to include bomb-making instructions.

From BBC

Police found the box of flares in Pierides' luggage after arresting him as he was about to board a flight.

From BBC

Pierides was returning to Cyprus after finishing the first year of his degree when he was stopped.

From BBC

She was so concerned at what she saw that she took photographs of Pierides and passed them to police, the court heard.

From BBC