Parthenia

[ pahr-thee-nee-uh ]

/ pɑrˈθi ni ə /

an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”

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There 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
The first music ever printed for the Virginals was 'Parthenia,' published in London, 1611.
Shakespeare and Music|Edward W. Naylor
Then Parthenia dresses herself as a knight, and fights her husband's conqueror.
The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare|J. J. Jusserand
Parthenia's coolness enabled Mrs. Gartney to assert, somewhat more confidently, her own dignity.
Faith Gartney's Girlhood|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

The original text inconsistently uses a breve over the e in "Parthenia" and "Passameso."
Shakespeare and Music|Edward W. Naylor