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Pieria

also: Πιερία, Πιερίας

The region on the northern slopes of Mount Olympus, birthplace of the Muses; its roses in fr. 55 stand for poetry itself — the only flower that keeps a name alive.

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Fragments of Books Three and Four poem · 1 mention

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