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Webster 1913 Edition
Parthenope
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Par-then′o-pe
(pär-thĕn′ō̍-pē)
, Noun.
[L., the name of a Siren, fr. Gr.
Παρθενόπη
.] 1.
(Gr. Myth.)
One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile
Ulysses
by her songs. 2.
One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, discovered by
M. de Gasparis
in 1850.