Pieria

Japanese: Pieria
Pieria

…In English, the Muses are the origin of the words music and museum. There are various legends about their number, but according to Hesiod's Theogony, they are generally said to be nine goddesses born to Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory) in Pieria at the foot of Mount Olympus. They are said to have acted as judges in musical contests between Apollo and the satyr flute expert Marsyas, and to have defeated the Thracian musician Thamyris who challenged them to a contest, taking away his eyesight and musical skills, but there are few myths specific to them. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pieria" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…英語ではミューズMuseといい,music(〈音楽〉),museum(〈博物館,美術館〉)の語源。その人数についてはさまざまの伝承があるが,一般にはヘシオドスの《神統記》に従い,ゼウスとムネモシュネ(〈記憶〉)を両親としてオリュンポス山麓のピエリアPieriaで生まれた9人の女神とされる。彼女たちはアポロンとサテュロスの笛の名手マルシュアスMarsyasの音楽競技の審判役をつとめたほか,彼女たちに技競べを挑んだトラキア地方の音楽家タミュリスThamyrisを負かして,その視力と音楽の技を奪ったなどと伝えられるが,固有の神話は少ない。…

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