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Paros| Island in the south Aegean Sea, off the east coast of Greece, belonging to the Cyclades group; area 209 sq km/81 sq mi; population (2001) 12,900. Paros lies 7 km/4 mi west of Naxos. The island has a central mountain, Profítis Ilías (height 71 m/2,529 ft), from which the ancient Greeks quarried the fine white Parian marble they used for statues and building. The island's main products are wine, fruit, and potatoes; other products include cheese, pottery, silverware, and jewellery. Paros is a major tourist destination. The capital, Paros (or Parikía), is on the west coast. |
| Parikia has a Byzantine church, the Ekatondipilianí (the ‘ One-Hundred-Gated’). The lyric poet Archilochus (8th–7th century BC) was born on Paros. |
| Paros was first colonized by Ionian Greeks in the 10th century BC. It sided with Persia against Greece in the Persian Wars (490 BC) and after the defeat of Persia in 480 BC became subject to Athens. |
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