He named it'Parthenope', in honor of his onetime principality in Naples, Italy, which had been founded on the site of the ancient Greek colonizers' settlement of Parthenope (see History of Naples).
He named it'Parthenope' honor of his onetime principality in Naples, Italy. This was in. Naples, Italy had been founded on the site of the ancient Greek colonizers' settlement of Parthenope (see History of Naples).