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 you remember that mediæval story of the building of Parthenope, how it was based, by the Magician Virgilius, on an egg, and how the city shakes when the frail foundation chances to be stirred? 

From Letters on Literature by Lang, Andrew

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

From Critical Studies by Ouida

Illo Vergilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope, studiis florentem ignobilis oti.’

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George