Paros

Paros, one of the larger islands in the Cyclades division of the Greek Archipelago; a low pyramid in shape, it has an area of 64 sq. m. and a pop. of nearly 7000, of whom some 2200 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. Archilochnus and Polygnotus, the painter, were born on Paros.