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PARIUM

Volume 15 · 56 words · 1815 Edition

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