Νεάπολις

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Νεάπολις, πόλις Ἰταλίας διάσημος, ἐν ᾗ Παρθενόπη ᾕρηται μία τῶν Σειρήνων. ὁ πολίτης Νεαπολίτης. ἔστι καὶ ἄλλη Λιβύης καὶ ἄλλαι.

Neapolis: a renowned city of Italy, in which Parthenope—one of the Sirens—is said to have been buried. The inhabitant is called Neapolitēs. There is also another of Libya, and others.

Text Details

Entry#26
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 471.7 · Billerbeck Ν26
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count20
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝεάπολιςNeapolis (Neapolis/Neapolis, modern Naples) · place
ἸταλίαItaly · place
ΠαρθενόπηParthenope · person
ΣειρήνεςSirens · people
ΝεαπολίτηςNeapolitan (citizen of Neapolis) · people
ΛιβύηLibya · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Folk Etymology Narrativein which Parthenope is said to be one of the Sirens.
Place Transferthere is also another (Neapolis) of Libya and others.
Morphological Compositionthe citizen (is called) Neapolites (Neapolitan).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC