Brewer's: Parian Chronicle

A chronological register of the chief events in the mythology and history of ancient Greece during a series of 1,318 years, beginning with the reign of Cecrops, and ending with the archonship of Diognetos. It is ongraved on Parian marble, and was found in the island of Paros. It is one of the Arundelian Marbles (q.v.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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