Paros
one of the larger islands of the Cyclades division of the Greek Archipelago; a low pyramid in shape, it has an area of 64 square miles; pop. (1918) about 10,000, of whom some 3,000 live in the capital, Parœkia. Wine, figs, and wool are exported. The quarries of the famous white Parian marble are near the summit of Mount St. Elias (ancient Marpessa), and are not yet exhausted.
Archilochus and Polygnotus, the painter, were born on Paros.