Paros (city)

Paros or Parus (Ancient Greek: Πάρος) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Paros.[1][2]

Its site is located near modern Parikia.[3][4]

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. 4.104.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. x. p. 487. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Paros". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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