Parthenia

• another name for the isle of Samos, because Juno dwelt there when a virgin, Plin. 5, 31, 37, § 135; Lact. 1, 17.

(Παρθενία).

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. 1.187.)

2. The wife of Samus, from whom the island of Samos was anciently called Parthenia. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. l.c.) [L.S]

• Paus. 6.21.7