The word “pied” used to describe the piper means a person who induces others to mindlessly follow or imitate him or her, usually by means of charm, promises, and deception. It’s the story ...

It was the 19th Century poet, Robert Browning, who popularised the German story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin in the English-speaking world. The real piper arrived in 1284... His poem tells of a ...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure of a great many children from ... In the 16th century the story was expanded into a full story - that of the poem, ...