Parthenope

Parthĕnŏpē, ēs, f., = Παρθενόπη,

• one of the Sirens, who, on the departure of Ulysses, threw herself, for grief, into the sea, and was cast up on the shore where Naples afterwards stood; on this account that city was in early times called by her name, Sil. 12, 33; Verg. G. 4, 564; Ov. M. 15, 712.—Hence,
• II Parthĕnŏpēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Parthenope, i.e. to Naples, Neapolitan: moenia, Ov. M. 14, 101.

Parthenopē, ēs, f. (Παρθενόπη), alter Name der Stadt Neapolis von der Sirene Parthenope, die dort begraben sein soll (s. Sil. 7, 34), Verg. georg. 4, 564. Ov. met. 15, 712. – Dav. Parthenopēius, a, um (Παρθενοπήϊος), parthenopëisch, poet. = neapolitanisch, Ov. met. 14, 101.

Parthĕnŏpē, (14) ēs, f. (Παρθενόπη), une des Sirènes qui, lorsque Ulysse leur eut échappé, se précipitèrent dans la mer ; son corps fut rejeté sur la côte à lʼendroit où plus tard fut bâtie la ville de Naples, qui prit son nom : Virg. G. 4, 564 ; Ov. M. 15, 712 ; Plin. 3, 62.

parthenope, es. f.
海女名。

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Parthe'nope

(Παρθενόπη).

1. A daughter of Stymphalus, and by Heracles the mother of Eueres. (Apollod. 2.7.8.)

Parthe'nope

2. A daughter of Ancaeus and Samia, became by Apollo the mother of Lycomedes. (Paus. 7.4.2.)

Parthe'nope

3. One of the Seirens (Schol. ad Hom. Od. 12.39; Aristot. Mir. 103.) At Naples her tomb was shown, and a torch race was held every year in her honour. (Strab. v. p.246; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 732.)

Parthe'nope

4. The wife of Oceanus, by whom she became the mother of Europa and Thrace. (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 894; comp. Schol. ad Aeschyl. Pers. 183.) [L.S]

Parthenopē ēs, f

• , Παρθενόπη, Neapolis (where the Siren Parthenope was buried), V., O.

PARTHENOPE

PARTHE´NOPE [NEAPOLIS]

Parthenŏpé

(Παρθενοπή). See Neapolis.

Parthenope Parthenope, daughter of Ancaeus

• Paus. 7.4.1

Parthenope(2), daughter of Stymphalus

• Apollod. 2.7.8