Editing Pierus

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'''Pierus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪər|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Πίερος}}), in [[Greek mythology]], is a name attributed to two individuals:

*[[Pierus (king of Macedonia)|Pierus]], the eponym of [[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]], son of [[Makednos]] and father of the [[Pierides (mythology)|Pierides]].<ref name=":0">[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#9 9]</ref>
*[[Pierus (father of Hyacinth)|Pierus]], son of Thessalian [[Magnes (mythology)|Magnes]] and father of [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinth]].,<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%201.3.3&lang=original 1.3.3]</ref> possible lover of [[Clio]], [[Muses|muse]] of history.

== Notes ==
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== 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.]
*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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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