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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Example Sentences

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

Do the sweet breezes from the balmy west Still murmur through thy groves, Parthenope, In search of odours from the orange bowers?

From Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by Aytoun, W. E. (William Edmondstoune)

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 Luce, Edmund

They were printed upon excellent paper with ornamental margins under the title of Onward, Parthenope!

From Critical Studies by Ouida