# Pierus

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{{for|the ancient city of Thessaly|Pierus (Thessaly)}}
'''Pierus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪər|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Πίερος}}), in [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), is a name attributed to two individuals:

*[Pierus](/source/Pierus_of_Emathia), the eponym of [Pieria](/source/Pieria_(regional_unit)), son of [Makednos](/source/Makedon_(mythology)) and father of the [Pierides](/source/Pierides_(mythology)).<ref name=":0">[Antoninus Liberalis](/source/Antoninus_Liberalis), [https://topostext.org/work/216#9 9]</ref>
*[Pierus](/source/Pierus_of_Magnesia), son of Thessalian [Magnes](/source/Magnes_(son_of_Aeolus)) and father of [Hyacinth](/source/Hyacinth_(mythology)),<ref>[Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%201.3.3&lang=original 1.3.3]</ref> possible lover of [Clio](/source/Clio), [muse](/source/Muses) of history.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [Antoninus Liberalis](/source/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](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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](/source/Pierre_Grimal), ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology''
* William Smith. ''A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology''. London (1873).

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Category:Characters in Greek mythology

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