Abas (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, the name Abas (Greek: Ἄβας; gen.: Ἄβαντος) is attributed to several individuals:
- Abas, king of Argos.[1]
- Abas, the son of Poseidon and Arethusa.[2] A Thracian by birth, Abas founded a tribe known as the Abantians or Abantes. Abas and his Abantian followers migrated to the island of Euboea, where he subsequently reigned as king. He was father of Canethus[3] and Chalcodon, and through the latter grandfather of Elephenor, who is known to have accidentally killed him.[4] Also given as Abas' children are Alcon, Arethusa and Dias, of whom the latter was said to have founded a city Athenae on Euboea.[5]
- Abas, an Argive seer, son of Melampus and Iphianeira. He was the father of Coeranus, Idmon, and Lysimache.[6][7][8]
- Abas, a companion of Perseus.[9]
- Abas, one of Diomedes' companions, whom Aphrodite turned into a swan.[10]
- Abas, a son of Metaneira who was changed by Demeter into a lizard, because he mocked the goddess when she had come on her wanderings into the house of his mother, and drank eagerly to quench her thirst.[11] Other traditions relate the same story of a boy, Ascalabus, and call his mother Misme.[12]
- Abas, a defender of Thebes against the Seven. He and his sons Cydon and Argus were killed in the battle.[13]
- Abas, a Centaur who attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.[14]
- Abas, the son of the Trojan Eurydamas; he fought in the Trojan War and was killed by Diomedes.[15]
- Abas, another defender of Troy, was killed by Sthenelus.[16]
In the Aeneid, the name Abas belongs to two companions of Aeneas:
- Abas, a captain whose ship was routed in the storm off Carthage.[citation needed]
- Abas, an Etruscan ally from Populonia in the war against the Rutulians and the Latians.[citation needed]
References
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- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 157
- ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 79
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1034
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Athēnai
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1. 9. 13
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 14
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 43. 5
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5. 126
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14. 505
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5. 450
- ↑ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 23
- ↑ Statius, Thebaid, 7. 646; 9. 758
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 306
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 5. 148
- ↑ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 11. 81
Sources
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