Parthenope

British  

/ pɑːˈθɛnəpɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples

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Parthenope

But Parthenope also knows how to gently, and with a teasing smile, push back at anyone’s preconceived notions about who she is, and what she is or isn’t thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

After Cuma, the Greeks moved down the shore to Naples and called this settlement Parthenope, after the siren who tried to lure Odysseus to the rocks.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2013

Ferragut was reading the signs of the trattorias on both sides of the highway: "The Ledge of the Siren," "The Joy of Parthenope," "The Cluster of Flowers."

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan

On reaching the brink of the old crater we stopped half an hour to enjoy the fine view of Parthenope in all her glory at sunrise.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye

Journey of Vergil to Greece: is taken ill, dies at Brundusium, and is buried at Naples: Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope: cecini pascua, rura, duces.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

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