Listed 3 sub titles with search on: Homeric world for wider area of: "PIERIA Prefecture GREECE" .
PIERIA (Ancient area) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
Homer locates the country near the Mt. Olympus (Il. 14.226) and mentions that Hermes went from Olympus to the sea via Pieria in order to go to the island of Calypso (Od. 5.50 etc.).
OLYMPOS (Mountain) GREECE
Eurynome, a daughter of Oceanus. When Hephaestus was expelled by Hera from Olympus, Eurynome and Thetis received him in the bosom of the sea. (Hom. Il. xviii, 395, &c.; Apollod. i. 2.2). Previous to the time of Cronos and Rhea, Eurynome and Ophion had ruled in Olympus over the Titans, but after being conquered by Cronos, she had sunk down into Tartarus or Oceans. (Apollon. Rhod. i. 503, &c.; Tzetz. ad Ly/coph. 1191). By Zeus she became the mother of the Charites, or of Asopus. (Hes. Theog. 908; Apollod. iii. 12.6)
The dwelling place of the gods (Il. 1.498, 2.30, 5.360 & 404 & 867, 8.3, 11.76, 14.225, 15.192, 16.364, 18.186, Od. 3.377, 6.240, 11.315 etc.).
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