Pieria may refer to: *

Pieria (regional unit) Pieria ( el, Πιερία) is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini.The name Pieria originates from ...

in Greece *

Pieria (Syria) In Classical times Pieria was the southern area of the Amanus Mountains, a part of the province of Roman Syria. Cities included Seleucia Pieria and Pinara. Today it is part of Turkey. Strabo XVI 2,4 and Nonnus Nonnus of Panopolis ( grc-gr ...

, a province of Roman Syria *

Pieria (mythology) In Greek mythology, Pieria (; Ancient Greek: Πιερία) was one of the multiple wives of King Danaus of Libya. By the latter, she bore six princesses: Actaea, Podarce, Dioxippe, Adite, Ocypete and Pylarge. These Danaides married their cousi ...

, the wife of Danaus *

Pieria (Thessaly) Cierium or Kierion ( grc, Κιέριον) was a town and polis (city-state) in the district of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly, which according to some ancient commentators, such as Stephanus of Byzantium was the successor to the Homeric Arne, t ...

, ancient city of Thessaly * Pieria, wife of

Oxylus In Greek mythology, Oxylus (; Ancient Greek: Ὄξυλος ''Oxulos'') may refer to: * Oxylus, ''daimon'' of the mountain beech forests, son of Orius (god of Mount Othrys or the Pindus), who is noted in the Deipnosophistae for fathering the Hamadry ...

and mother by him of Aetolus * The Pieria albedo feature on Mercury * The 'albedo name' of the Mercury region now known as the

Derain quadrangle The Derain quadrangle (H-10) is one of fifteen quadrangles on Mercury. It runs from 288° to 360° west longitude and from 22° S to 22° N latitude. Named after the Derain crater, it was mapped in detail for the first time after ''MESSENGER ...

* Pierian Mountains, a mountain range

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