place
Pieria
also: Πιερίη
A region of Macedon at the foot of Olympus, sacred to the Muses, where the infant Hermes rustles Apollo's cattle from their pasture.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §4.30 Pieria
A region of Macedon at the foot of Olympus, sacred to the Muses, where the infant Hermes rustles Apollo's cattle from their pasture.
- The Odyssey §5.43 Pieria
The region below Olympus where Hermes first sets foot before dropping from the upper air to the sea, on his way to order Calypso to let Odysseus go.