Parthenope was one of the Sirens in Greek mythology. Her name means "maiden-voiced" from parthenos and ops.
Parthenope (Siren)
Illustration of Parthenope from the Delle imprese trattato by Giulio Cesare Capaccio
In Greek mythology, sirens are humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives. Roman poets place them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.
Attic funerary statue of a siren, playing on a tortoiseshell lyre, c. 370 BC
Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC
Moaning siren statuette from Myrina, first century BC
Miniature illustration of a siren enticing sailors who try to resist her, from an English Bestiary, c. 1235