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].Her possible location in Pieria is Agia Paraskevi near Litochoron.[9]
The epic poet Nonnus[10],4th century BC - 5th century BC writes in his Dionysiaca.
"The bold son of Ares, Oiagros, quitted his city of Pimpleia on the Bistonian plain, and joined the rout. He left Orpheus on Calliopeia’s knees, a little one interested in his mother’s milk, still a new thing."
The poet Callimachus[11],4th century BC calls her "Pimpleia the divine" in his hymn to Delos.
"But Delos chief demands the Muse's song.For there the God, who leads the vocal train,Was swath'd around; and on the Delian plain His infant-limbs were wash'd: the sacred lay Triumphant rose to hail the God of day.As who forgets, Pimplea the divine,Is soon forsaken by the tuneful Nine"
The epic poet Apollonius of Rhodes[12],3rd century BC,writes in his Argonautica
"First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, it is said, wedded to Thracian Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height. Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the mountains and the course of rivers. And the wild oak-trees to this day,tokens of that magic strain, that grow at Zone on the Thracian shore,stand in ordered ranks close together, the same which under the charm of his lyre he led down from Pieria"
The tragic poet Lycophron[13], 3rd century BC writes
"But one day he shall for recompense pour in the scales an equal weight of the far-shining metal of Pactolus, and shall enter the cup of Bacchus, wept by the nymphs who love the clear water of Bephyras and the high seat of Leibethron above Pimpleia;"
The geographer Strabo[14],1st century BC 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Dionysiaca,Book 13,"The bold son of Ares, Oiagros, quitted his city of Pimpleia on the Bistonian plain, and joined the rout. He left Orpheus on Calliopeia’s knees, a little one interested in his mother’s milk, still a new thing."
- ^ Hymn to Delos,"But Delos chief demands the Muse's song.For there the God, who leads the vocal train,Was swath'd around; and on the Delian plain His infant-limbs were wash'd: the sacred lay Triumphant rose to hail the God of day.As who forgets, Pimplea the divine, Is soon forsaken by the tuneful Nine;"
- ^ THE ARGONAUTICA,BOOK I,"(ll. 23-34) First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, it is said, wedded to Thracian Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height. Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the mountains and the course of rivers. And the wild oak-trees to this day,tokens of that magic strain, that grow at Zone on the Thracian shore,stand in ordered ranks close together, the same which under the charm of his lyre he led down from Pieria. "
- ^ Lycophron,Alexandra,"But one day he shall for recompense pour in the scales an equal weight of the far-shining metal of Pactolus, and shall enter the cup of Bacchus, wept by the nymphs who love the clear water of Bephyras and the high seat of Leibethron above Pimpleia;"
- ^ 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.