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Pieria

Department of Macedonia, northern Greece; area 1,548 sq km/598 sq mi. Pieria is a thickly forested mountainous region, bounded on the east by the north Aegean Sea. The capital is Kateríni (population (1991) 39,900), situated southwest of Salonika. Tourism is a growing industry.

In mythology the coastal plain of Pieria, in the southeast of the region, was the birthplace of the Muses.
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She passed over Pieria and fair Emathia, and went on and on till she came to the snowy ranges of the Thracian horsemen, over whose topmost crests she sped without ever setting foot to ground.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
1-10) Muses of Pieria who give glory through song, come hither, tell of Zeus your father and chant his praise.
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