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Pier

Pierre ( dr. Greek Πίερος , by Cicero Pieron ) is a character in ancient Greek mythology . The son of Magnet (or the son of Eleufer [1] ). According to the third version, the son of Lina [2] . Hyacinth 's father (from Clio ). [3] Wife of Antiope [4] , 9 daughters competing with Muses .

Myths about him explain the origin of the widespread epithet of the Muses - Pierids .

According to one of the myths, he arrived from Thessaloniki from Macedonia, set the number of muses to 9 and gave them names. According to the interpretation of the myth, he was the first to write poems about muses [5] .

Autochton, king of Emaphia [6] , he had 9 daughters [7]

  • Pierids [8] The daughters of Pierre and the Peonians of Evippa [9] . According to one interpretation, they had the same names as the goddesses, and those who were called the children of the Muses were in fact the grandchildren of Pierre [10] .

According to Ovid , the daughters of Pierre lost the contest with the Muses and turned into forty [11] . According to the story of Antonin Liberal, they competed with the muses on Helikon , lost and turned into birds: a chomga , a turntable , a kenhrida , a greenfinch , a carduelis , a duck , a green woodpecker and a dragon dragon [12] .

Notes

  1. ↑ Gigin. Myths 225
  2. ↑ Commentary by D.O. Torshilov in the book. Gigin. Myths St. Petersburg, 2000. S.23
  3. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Mythological library I 3, 3
  4. ↑ Cicero. About the nature of the gods III 54
  5. ↑ Heraclides of Pontus, fr. 157 Verli = Plutarch. About music // Fragments of early Greek philosophers. Part 1. M., 1989. S. 70
  6. ↑ Antonin Liberal. Metamorphoses 9, 1
  7. ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas IX 29, 3
  8. ↑ Myths of the peoples of the world. M., 1991-92. In 2 t. T. 2. S.317
  9. ↑ Ovid. Metamorphoses V 303
  10. ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas IX 29, 4
  11. ↑ Ovid. Metamorphoses V 670–678
  12. ↑ Antonin Liberal. Metamorphoses 9, 3, only eight birds are named here, a possible explanation for which is the gap in the manuscript.


Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pier&oldid=100909812


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