Parthenope

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Parthenope may refer to:

• the asteroid 11 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
• Partenope, an opera by George Frideric Handel
• Parthenope (genus), a genus of crab

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