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PARIUM

Volume 15 · 56 words · 1810 Edition

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