Parthenia
[ pahr-thee-nee-uh ]
nounClassical Mythology.
an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”
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And in due time Cattleya intermedia Parthenia appeared, to astonish and delight the universe.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick BoyleThen Parthenia dresses herself as a knight, and fights her husband's conqueror.
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare | J. J. JusserandThe original text inconsistently uses a breve over the e in "Parthenia" and "Passameso."
Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. NaylorThinking of the wearied Parthenia, I began to consider for the first time that perhaps she had better married the old Greek.
Legends and Tales | Bret HarteThere is not enough human reality about Parthenia to allow her representative to interest very deeply the sympathy of her hearers.
Mary Anderson | J. M. Farrar
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