It was used for the construction of the acropolis the temple of zeus in olympia the temple of apollo in delphi the temple of apollo epicurus in peloponnese and in almost all the famous temples and sanctuaries.
The parian marble.
Several of the marble tunnels have survived.
The parian marble was considered the finest quality in the antiquity.
Parian marble is a fine grained semi translucent pure white and entirely flawless marble quarried during the classical era on the greek island of paros in the aegean sea.
The parian marble is a monumental inscription written in attic greek on a stele that was originally over two meters tall dating from some time after 264 3 bce.
Parian chronicle also called marmor parium or parian marble document inscribed on marble in the attic greek dialect and containing an outline of greek history from the reign of cecrops legendary king of athens down to the archonship of diognetus at athens 264 263 bc the years are reckoned backward from the archonship of diognetus and further specified by the reigns of kings or the.
It was highly prized by ancient greeks for making sculptures some of the greatest masterpieces of ancient greek sculpture were carved from parian marble including the medici venus and the winged victory of samothrace.
There is a gap of nineteen years between the sections.
Par is a greek chronology covering the years from 1582 bc to 299 bc inscribed on a stele found on the island of paros in two sections and sold in smyrna in the early 17th century to an agent for thomas howard earl of arundel this inscription was deciphered by john selden and published among the arundel marbles.
2 it has reached us in two sections ninety three and thirty three lines long.
The parian chronicle or parian marble latin.
White semitransparent parian marble paria marmara used for sculpture and quarried from subterranean pits on the north side of mount marpessa was the chief source of wealth for ancient páros.
There is a gap of nineteen years between the sections and the final thirty five years are entirely missing.
The parian marble is a monumental inscription written in attic greek on a stele that was originally over two meters tall 1 dating from some time after 264 3 bce.