place
Emathia
also: Emathiis campis
A name for Macedonia/Pieria, the home country the Pierides stake in their challenge to the Muses.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §5.107 the Emathian plains
Macedonia/Pieria, the home country the Pierides stake against the Muses' Boeotia.
- Metamorphoses §12.375 Emathian
A name for Macedonia/Thessaly; Halesus is 'the Emathian.'