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Definition of PIERIAN

Pierian
Pierian Pi*e"ri*an, a. [L. Pierius, from Mount Pierus, in Thessaly, sacred to the Muses.] Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. --Pope.

Meaning of PIERIAN from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Pierides and the Muses. As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science...
- The Pierian Mountains (or commonly referred to as Piéria) are a mountain range between Imathia, Pieria and Kozani Region, south of the plain of Kambania...
- students and based in Cambridge, M****achusetts. Founded in March 1808 as the Pierian Sodality, the orchestra is considered by some the oldest symphony orchestra...
- MI: Pierian Press, 2nd edn., 1985), ISBN 0-87650-174-9, p. 2. J. Blair, The Illustrated Discography of Surf Music, 1961–1965 (Ypsilanti, MI: Pierian Press...
- Pierian 0041) (2014) Journeys of the Soul. Music of Bach, Ravel, Liszt, Scriabin and Balakirev. Three Oranges Recordings 3OR-14 (reissue of Pierian 0038)...
- gesture as a part of the king's cultural policy, makes the hypothesis of the Pierian, or Macedonian, roots of Orpheus, highly probable. The testimonies referring...
- thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: — lines 215–216 This is in reference to the spring in the Pierian Mountains in Macedonia, sacred to...
- visit Calypso, and is the home of Orpheus, the Muses, and contains the Pierian Spring. Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece and throne of the...
- that they had mines in Mount Pangaeus and two fortresses. He writes the Pierians were among the nations that supplied the army of Xerxes. This district...
- still clutching the bridle, Bellerophon found Pegasus drinking at the Pierian spring, caught him, and eventually tamed him. Michaud's Biographie universelle...