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Pierian Spring
Pierian Spring
noun
Classical Mythology
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a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
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Pierian Spring
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n
a sacred fountain in Pieria, in Greece, fabled to inspire those who drank from it
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"A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again."
-Alexander Pope
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