{{for|the ancient city of Thessaly|Pierus (Thessaly)}} '''Pierus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪər|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Πίερος}}), in Greek mythology, is a name attributed to two individuals:
*Pierus, the eponym of Pieria, son of Makednos and father of the Pierides.<ref name=":0">Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#9 9]</ref> *Pierus, son of Thessalian Magnes and father of Hyacinth,<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%201.3.3&lang=original 1.3.3]</ref> possible lover of Clio, muse of history.
== Notes == <references />
== References == * Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * Apollodorus, ''The Library'', with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. * Pierre Grimal, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' * William Smith. ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology''. London (1873).
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