PARIUM, in Ancient Geography, a noble city of Myfia Minor, with a port on the Propontis; called Adrasia by Homer, according to Pliny; but Strabo distinguishes them: according to others, the Paelestas of Homer. Pariani, the people (Strabo). The birthplace of Neoptolemus, surnamed Glossographus (Strabo). Here stood a Cupid equal in exquisite workmanship to the Cnidian Venus.