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1. That is, "the maiden," a surname of Artemis and Hera, who, however, is said to have derived it from the river Parthenius. (Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 110; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 187.)
2. The wife of Samus, from whom the island of Samos was anciently called Parthenia. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. l. c.)
3. [See MARMAX.]
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