Legendary Naples
AMID MYTH AND LEGEND, UNUSUAL ITINERARIES IN A MAGICAL CITY.
There can be no overview of the legends of Naples without starting from the city’s own name, its name of myth: Parthenope – a name that connotes music, or actually song. Parthenope was in fact one of the three Sirens that Homer placed in the waters of the Gulf of Naples to fatally entice seafarers with their melodious voice. But shrewd Odysseus resisted their song, and the Sirens died of desperation, hurling themselves from the rocks and perishing in the water. Parthenope’s remains came ashore on the island of Megaride. Here, her body dissolved, giving life to the city.
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