in Ancient Geography, a noble city of Mysia Minor, with a port on the Propontis; called Adrastia by Homer, according to Pliny; but Strabo distinguishes them; according to others, the Paestae of Homer. Parianai, the people (Strabo). The birthplace of Neoptolemus surnamed Glaucocephalus (Strabo). Here stood a Cupid equal in exquisite workmanship to the Cnidian Venus.