Mortally chagrined at not being able to charm Ulysses to his
destruction, the siren Parthenope drowned herself from pure spite; she
was buried on the spot where Naples now stands, and gave her name to
that city, one of the most beautifully situated in the world. Naples
has undergone a great many sieges,--so many, that of some we shall be
able to give but a very short notice.