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Pimpleia (Ancient Greek,"Πιμπλεία") is the place where Orpheus was born[1] and lived[2][3] in Ancient Greece close to Dion[4] ,Olympus.Cults of the Muses[5] were also located in this village.Well known springs and memorials dedicated to Orpheus were there in great number[6]Pimpleia is described as "Κώμη" of Dion.[7] Strabo[8] writes;

"The city Dium, in the foot-hills of Olympus, is not on the shore of the Thermaean Gulf, but is at a distance of as much as seven stadia from it. And the city Dium has a village near by, Pimpleia, where Orpheus lived"

Orpheus life

References

  1. ^ Orpheus and Greek Religion (Mythos Books) by William Keith Guthrie and L. Alderlink,1993),ISBN-10: 0691024995,page 62
  2. ^ Orpheus and Greek Religion (Mythos Books) by William Keith Guthrie and L. Alderlink,1993),ISBN-10: 0691024995,page 61,"... is a city Dion. Neadr it is a village called Pimpleia.It was there they say that Orpheus the Kikonian lived ..."
  3. ^ Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (Mythos Books) by Jane Ellen Harrison ,1991,ISBN-10: 0691015147,page 469,"... and `near the city of Dium is a village called Pimpleia where Orpheus lived.... ..."
  4. ^ The Greeks and Greek Civilization by Jacob Burckhardt, Oswyn Murray, and Sheila Stern,1999,ISBN-10: 0312244479,page 137: "... epic, or Pieria, and once lived in the village of Pimpleia, near Dion. Then the northwestern corner of Asia Minor, with ..."
  5. ^ Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore by Jennifer Larson,2001,ISBN-10: 0195144651,page 169: "... had cults of the Muses at several sites in Pieria: Pimpleia, Olympos, Leibethra, and perhaps Thourion. Leibethra and Pimpleia were also ..."
  6. ^ Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore by Jennifer Larson,2001,ISBN-10: 0195144651,page 169
  7. ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 797
  8. ^ Strabo,Geography Book 7,Chapter 7"The city Dium, in the foot-hills of Olympus, is not on the shore of the Thermaean Gulf, but is at a distance of as much as seven stadia from it. And the city Dium has a village near by, Pimpleia, where Orpheus lived.

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