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Parthenope

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pɑːˈθɛnəpɪ/

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Parthenope /pɑːˈθɛnəpɪ/ n

a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples

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