Parthenope

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Parthenope may refer to:

  • 11 Parthenope, an asteroid
  • one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
  • in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ancaeus, king of Samos, and Samia, daughter of Meander, the river-god. She was the mother of Lycomedes.
  • a Greek settlement now part of the Italian city of Naples; see History of Naples
  • the Parthenopaean Republic, a short-lived republic established in Naples during the French Revolution, named for the ancient Greek settlement
  • Partenope, an opera by George Frideric Handel
  • Parthenope (genus), a genus of crab