Parthenius

Various aetiological explanations of the name Parthenius were given by the ancients, _e. g._ that the maiden Artemis hunted on its banks, or that the flow of its waters was gentle and maiden-like.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

And lo, they passed by the stream of Parthenius as it flows into the sea, a most gentle river, where the maid, daughter of Leto, when she mounts to heaven after the chase, cools her limbs in its much-desired waters.

The Argonautica 2008

What, unless again and again he had read somewhat of Parthenius and Pindar, whose eloquence he could by no means imitate?

The Love of Books : The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury 2007

(The river) Parthenius, ‘Flowing as softly as a dainty maiden goes.’

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

'Tis true, Vulcan made a most admirable brooch or necklace, which long after Axion and Temenus, Phegius 'sons, for the singular worth of it, consecrated to Apollo at Delphos, but Pharyllus the tyrant stole it away, and presented it to Ariston's wife, on whom he miserably doted (Parthenius tells the story out of Phylarchus); but why did Vulcan make this excellent Ouch? to give Hermione Cadmus' wife, whom he dearly loved.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Parthenius is impassable, which you will reach if you cross the

Anabasis 2007

Lucius Caesar, with some Greek poems in imitation of Euphorion, Rhianus, and Parthenius.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Overjoyed at this information; as if all danger were now passed, and hastening to the bath, Parthenius, his chamberlain, stopped him, by saying that there was a person come to wait upon him about a matter of great importance, which would admit of no delay.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 12: Domitian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Overjoyed at this information; as if all danger were now passed, and hastening to the bath, Parthenius, his chamberlain, stopped him, by saying that there was a person come to wait upon him about a matter of great importance, which would admit of no delay.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Parthenius and the grim strength of Orses, Messapus Clonius and

The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil