Pimpleia
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 and its muses were called Pimpleids, (Ancient Greek, "Πιμπληίδες")[6].Well known springs and memorials dedicated to Orpheus were there in great number[7]Pimpleia is described as "Κώμη" of Dion.[8] Strabo[9] 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"
References
- ^ Orpheus and Greek Religion (Mythos Books) by William Keith Guthrie and L. Alderlink,1993),ISBN-10: 0691024995,page 62
- ^ 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 ..."
- ^ 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.... ..."
- ^ 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 ..."
- ^ 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 ..."
- ^ Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Πιμπληίδος: Pimpleia in Pieria, a mountain (in later times a fountain) sacred to the Muses, who were hence called Πιμπληίδες, cf. Hor. C. 1. 26. 9, “Pimplei dulcis.”
- ^ Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore by Jennifer Larson,2001,ISBN-10: 0195144651,page 169
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.