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 Parthe’nia.Parthenope’an Republic. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Parthen’op (4 syl.).
 
Naples; so called from Parthenop, the siren, who threw herself into the sea out of love for Ulysses, and was cast up on the bay of Naples.   1
 


 Parthe’nia.Parthenope’an Republic. 

 
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