The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Pierus

Role: father of the Pierides · First appears: Fable 49

Life events

  • Pierus and Evippe’s nine daughters are transformed into birds after losing a singing contest.(Fable49)
    • With: Evippe
    • “Lately, too, did these being overcome in a dispute, increase the number of the birds.”

Fable 49

  • married with Evippe “Evippe was the wife of Pierus”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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