Parthenope (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Parthenope (Greek: Παρθενόπη means "maiden-voiced") may refer to the following personages:

Parthenope, mother of Europa and Thraike by Oceanus, Titan of the great world-encircling river.^[1]
Parthenope, one of the Sirens.^[2]
Parthenope, an Arcadian princess as daughter of King Stymphalus. She consorted with Heracles and had by him a son Everes.^[3]
Parthenope, a Lelegian princess as daughter of King Ancaeus of Samos and Samia, daughter of Meander, one of the Potamoi. She consorted with Apollo and had a son Lycomedes.^[4]

^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 894 (Gk text); Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000, p. 42; Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls Parthenope, "elsewhere variously a Siren, a daughter of Ankaios, and a paramour of Herakles" an ad hoc invention.)
^ Strabo, 5.4.7
^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 2, chapter 7, section 8". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
^ "Pausanias, Description of Greece, Achaia, chapter 4, section 1". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-23.