[1] Pimpleia is described as a "κώμη" ("quarter, suburb") of Dion by Strabo.

[2] The location of Pimpleia is possibly to be identified with the modern village of Agia Paraskevi near Litochoron.

[3] It was renowned as the birthplace and early abode of Orpheus.

[4][5][6] Many springs and memorials dedicated to Orpheus and Orphic cults.

[7] Cults of the Muses were also celebrated,[8] under the epithet Pimpleids (Πιμπληίδες).