What is "parthenope"

Parthenope \Par*then"o*pe\ (p[aum]r*th[e^]n"[-o]*p[=e]), n. [L., the name of a Siren, fr. Gr. Parqeno`ph.]

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.

Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) may refer to:

• Parthenope, 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
• Frances Parthenope Verney, Parthenope Nightingale, the elder sister of Florence Nightingale and wife of Sir Harry Verney, named after her place of birth in Naples
• Partenope, a 1730 opera by George Frideric Handel
• Partenope (Zumaya), a 1711 opera by Manuel de Zumaya
• 11 Parthenope, an asteroid

• Parthenope (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Parthenopidae
• Parthenope (fungus), a genus of fungi in the order Helotiales
• Partenopei, nickname of Italian football club S.S.C. Napoli

Parthenope is a genus of fungi in the Helotiales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown ( incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.

Parthenope was one of the Sirens in Greek mythology. Her name means "Maiden-voiced".